▲ 30 ▼ Any ideas for this hand knit cardigan? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Droggelbecher@lemmy.world to c/sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments I can sew and darn, and knit from scratch, but I've never re-knit a hole before.
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children) Use a needle and thread and draw that hole togetherish. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) That's a kind of plan C, plan B being weaving a lil patch of fabric over it, and plan A to re-knit the unraveled fabric. I don't know how to do planA though! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 1 year ago Adding to this, I want it to look as close to the original as possible, because my great-grandma, who died before I was born, made the cardigan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago The knitting/repair/mending communities of reddit are very good at this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) That's a kind of plan C, plan B being weaving a lil patch of fabric over it, and plan A to re-knit the unraveled fabric. I don't know how to do planA though! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 1 year ago Adding to this, I want it to look as close to the original as possible, because my great-grandma, who died before I was born, made the cardigan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago The knitting/repair/mending communities of reddit are very good at this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 1 year ago Adding to this, I want it to look as close to the original as possible, because my great-grandma, who died before I was born, made the cardigan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago The knitting/repair/mending communities of reddit are very good at this. permalink fedilink source parent