with Kimberley Langley
Thursday, March 30, 4-7pm (3 hours)
Cost: $60
In this era of fast fashion, mending your clothes is an act of rebellion. Visible mending showcases your mends as colorful, creative additions to the original garment. This three-hour class is a hands-on tutorial in harnessing your creativity to mend holes in sweaters, socks, and other knit garments. Participants will learn how to prep an area that requires mending and decide the most appropriate technique to employ. Participants will learn the standard woven patchwork, how to knit a patch on the garment, and a few key embroidery stitches that work magic on sweaters.
Skills required: None
Bring to class:
- Handknit or store-bought items that need to be mended.
- Small amounts of yarn in various weights (fingering, lace, dk, etc.). Yarn should be in matching and contrasting colors.
- Tapestry needles
- Scissors
- Knitting needles, 2.5mm or smaller, dpn or circulars,
- Knitting needles, size one step down from size used to knit object to be mended, dpn or circular
- Coiless safety pins or pear shaped pins/stitch markers
- Magazine or newspaper
- Old fashioned light bulb or darning egg