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#185: The Best Knitwear Repair Techniques with Skye Pennant

from Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably · host Zoe Edwards

For most of us who sew our own clothes, basic garment repairs are not often a huge challenge. However, encountering knit items that are thinning or have holes? That can feel like a whole other ball game, especially if you’re not a knitter. In this episode professional repairer, educator and author, Skye Pennant, teaches us our scotch darn from our honeycomb darn, and shares her sometimes controversial opinions on the best type of threads to use for mending.  Support the podcast over on Patreon! Photo credit: Kim Lightbody Skye Pennant created Slow Stitch Club as a focus for her mending activities and business. Find the website, Instagram (@slowstitchclub), YouTube channel and the Slow Stitch Club Patreon.  Listen to Skye on last week’s episode: Ep. #184: Mending and Overcoming Perfectionism with Skye Pennant Skye wrote a book! ‘Well Worn: visible mending for the clothes you love’  is available through her website and elsewhere: Some examples of knitwear repairs by Skye: On Skye’s advice, I successfully mended my socks using the honeycomb darn technique:

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