The time is coming to start putting away heavy knits for the spring, and that’s got mending on our minds. Lee and Producer Andi discuss invisible vs. visible mending. Lee favors visible, using woven darning and contrast colors, and Andi prefers getting as close to invisible as she can using Swiss darning and color matched yarn. They also answer Stacey’s questions on mending. Plus, hear about our hosts Lee and Stacey’s personal projects, Lee’s free new pattern she designed, and our latest eBook, Lounge Act: Knits for Kicking Back. 

 

Game Day Cardigans pattern

Lee's Game Day with patch pockets

Traditions Afghan pattern  Block Party book  Deep Winter Hat pattern  Stardrift hat pattern Blackwood Cardigan sewing pattern Spumoni Hat free pattern Felici yarn Static yarn Lee's any-gauge patterns Lounge Act ebook Happy Hours ebook Voliere yarn Seawaves Top pattern Trellis Tee pattern Swiss Darning tutorial  Duplicate Stitch tutorial Needle Felting Tool Darning Loom Kit Darning Mushrooms Darning Egg How to use a Darning Loom Darning with a Mushroom tutorial Darning Socks with an Egg Hawthorne Multi yarn  Katrinkles heart darning reel Examples of embroidery as mending  Examples of reverse applique and several other methods  About Sashiko Sashiko videos Sashiko tutorial with pattern examples Example of embroidery and whip-stitching around holes in knits Scotch Darning (one method that uses Blanket Stitch) Examples of decorative mends that use Blanket Stitch Blanket Stitch in a circle to cover a hole Example of mending with crochet

Some general visible mending resources:

https://visiblemending.com/?&utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/visiblemending/?&utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=visible+mending&&utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

Some general invisible mending resources:

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/invisiblemending/?&utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=invisible+mendinghttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=invisible+mending&&utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

https://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATrepairs101.html?&utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=podcast

 

0:02 Welcome to the Knit Picks Podcast 0:30 Lee finally finished last summer’s KAL project 2:20 Stacey has been working on a range of crafts. Pattern buying is a craft, right? 3:45 Lee released a new pattern for free. 7:55 We also have a new eBook called Lounge Act.  13:02 Producer Andi joins our hosts Lee and Stacey to discuss mending. 15:18 Visible vs invisible mending on wovens and knits 19:33 Andi invisibly mends knits using duplicate stitch and Swiss darning.  23:41 Lee visibly mends using woven darning. 28:51 Reinforcing around the patch with running stitches 30:50 Visible mending with embroidery and applique.  34:00 Have a mending party!  35:30 A purely hypothetical question on how to repair moth holes. 37:18 Making the hole a design feature using steeking methods.  38:38 Crocheting a larger hole closed.  40:15 Send us your mending questions so we can talk about it more! 41:30 Credits