Darning patterns

Advice for visible mending, including how to make sure you're using the right needle, how to choose colours for visible mending, and how to know if a garment or darning yarn will be durable. This is one of several blogs answering your mending and knitwear repair questions

Do you fancy trying a new pattern? I've been exploring different weave patterns lately beyond a simple plain darn that is perfectly suited to a Speedweve. I started off with something a little simple and was blown away with the finished result - so much so I just had to share it with you all! Under 2, Over 2The basis of this pattern is created in the weft (horizontal lines). Remember weft sounds like left so it refers to the lines of thread running left to right, and the vertical (up/down)…

I made some darning samples a few weeks ago, inspired by the darning samples created by Ellen Mahon in her sampler book (left page) darning samples by Ellen Mahon, 1852-4 I’ve never done darn…

Research and re-creation of medieval costume and crafts by THL Edyth Miller

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Darning with a "homemade speedweve" - Imgur

How does fine darning wool compare to lace weight hand knitting yarns? Read about the different weights of yarn and what the best wool is for darning and visible mending is.

Last year I went to the Fries Museum to see their collection of darning samplers. Little did I know that almost a year later, I would own my own antique darning sampler. Note: if you want to see th…