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tfw you need to knit a swatch in order to figure out how to mend your baby's blankie…
#mending #darning #swissdarning

loosely knitted swatch of two hexagons on top of a hole prepared for swiss darning

hole in a honey-coloured blanked featuring a pattern of hexagons, tidily prepared with pins and helper threads for swiss darning

Two of my hand knit and recently repaired/ re-inforced socks are part of an exhibition in my city‘s museum of local history. The exhibition is about textiles. Their production, worth, and consumption. All that in connection to my city‘s long history in textile production and the rise and fall of its many respective factories.
It opened today and runs until April 27, 2025. Heimatmuseum Reutlingen, Germany.

Most of the exhibits are presented openly on tables. I hope my socks survive this. I still want to wear them next year. They are two of my favourite pairs. 🫣

Edited because I forgot some tags: #Reutlingen #VisibleMending #Knitting #SwissDarning #Socks #Exhibition #Textiles #Stricken #Maschenstich #Socken #Ausstellung

An orange table top form above.
There are two socks mounted on it with clear plastic strips.
On the left a sock knitted out of dark teal and dark orange striping yarn. A small cable runs on the side of the sock all the way from the toe to the cuff. There's a patch of brightly coloured (yellow, red, purple) yarn on the sole.
On the right a sock out of fuzzy pale green yarn. Cables and run all around the legt and on top of the foot. There are patches on the sole, but this itme in the same yarn. That's why they are almost invisible.
A plaque next to the socks reads (translated from German):
"Repairing garments has gone out of fashion, which is due to the cheap fast fashion and its quality. The replacement of clothes with holes seems to be a cheaper and less labour intensive alternative nowadays, than to repair them at home or in a repair café."
These socks were knitted many years ago and repaired this year in a repair café by me.

A stitch in time…
#VisibleMending #SwissDarning #knitting #Laufmasche #Rowan #wool #Wolle #sustainable #textiles

The image shows an attempt to mend a hole in a knitted woollen jumper.

Looking forward to my #SwissDarning class this afternoon @fiberarts @knitting #Knitting #Darning #Mending

Knitted fabric with seven different colour mini skeins of yarn

@RoosVonk Helemaal mee eens. Ik zou ik de krant willen lezen over #VisibleMending, #Sashiko, #Upcycling, #SwissDarning en andere manieren om langer te doen met mijn kleding. Elke week een ander thema, er zijn ook #FibreArtists die met dit soort technieken werken. En je kunt zelfs dure kleding en kunst kopen op basis hiervan 😊

#swissdarning

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