Altering an old, formerly heavily oversized metal bandshirt. #yarntales #mendtogether

I fell down on the #YarnTales organizing front, I guess. Anyone else want to give it a try?

Well! I did do some mending today. It’s not worth a photograph, but I cut the bottom button off of a shirt and sewed it in place in the chest-high spot that needed a replacement button. So now I can wear that shirt again, yay. (I might try finding a replacement bottom button, but it’s not critical.)

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Making progress on this shawl!

#knitting #FiberArts #FibreArts #YarnTales

I fell behind on #YarnTales, whoops, but I see that several of you have been mending and finishing away, huzzah!

I have fallen behind on the mending, but I did finish a shawl I made for a shop sample. No photos yet, alas.

And I’ve started a new design that I hope to finish quickly, but who knows?

Here’s a stitch pattern/gauge swatch, and the start of the shawl itself.

So here's what I had in mind for covering over the hole in my shirt. There's a patch on the back, and now I'm going to embroider over the lot to hide the hole. The plan is also to embroider at least a couple of other leaves in another spot.

Sometimes I like visible mending, and sometimes I don't. This is a nice enough shirt that I'd like it to be a little less obvious, anyway.

#MendTogether #YarnTales

Unfortunately, I forgot to go to the art shop yesterday while running errands, and they weren't open yet when I stopped by this morning.

Sometimes things are a matter of patience. I'll find something else to work on today; I have no shortage of mending!

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I was going to embroider over my shirt patch today, but I can’t find the marking pencil I was going to use to do it. I’ll be able to pick one up later, I think.

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@gannet #YarnTales I'm afraid my current project is a bit stalled, but I seem at least able to pull it out for the local knitting group on Saturday mornings.

OTOH I've gotten some good #shodō calligraphy done!

I hope to get around to some mending for #YarnTales today; it's been a hectic week.

How's it going for you all?

#MendTogether

My project for #YarnTales today was to begin to deal with a hole in a favorite linen shirt. (The shirt has a pocket!)

Today was prep work. I basted a patch onto the back of the shirt. I didn't worry about matching the color of the patch at all because I'm going to embroider a leaf over the hole tomorrow.

Today I pressed the spot where the hole is, and pressed the patch, and carefully stitched the patch in place on the back of the fabric.

#MendTogether #sewing #FiberArts #FibreArts

I might do some embroidery on this to cover up the messy bits; I might not. But at least now I have some confidence that the hole won’t grow.

And I’ve embarked on a month of mending for #YarnTales!

I decided to get a little practice with mending a pair of jeans that aren’t my favorite. These are a bit tricky because the hole is right next to a back pocket.

First, I pressed the jeans where the hole is.

Then I cut a rectangular patch and pressed creases into the edge of the patch to help them stay folded under while I sewed.

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Just a reminder that the theme for this month’s #YarnTales is twofold:

- finishing works in progress
- mending things to make them usable

Relevant crafts: any technique using yarn, thread, or string.

Rules: post about your work when you like, photos are awesome, boost #YarnTales toots you like, reply when you like, be respectful and kind. Thassit.

Oh, hey, it’s time for #YarnTales! I have some deadline work to do this morning, but this afternoon I’m going to get out a pair of jeans with a hole that needs patching. #MendTogether

Thinking ahead to #YarnTales, I got a book out of the library called Mending Matters, by Katrina Rodabaugh.

Based on long sewing experience, including a fair amount of mending, I would definitely recommend it for learning to mend, especially sewn garments.

(It’s not about mending knitwear or crochet.)

Anyway, I can say that I’ve already gotten some ideas I wouldn’t have thought of on my own that I’m looking forward to using.

For a range of experience

#MendTogether

One of the things I’m going to mend is a pair of jeans that has a pocket starting to tear loose.

I think arrowhead tacks should fix the problem, and so I’m going to put this link here for later.

#YarnTales #MendTogether

https://blog.colettehq.com/tutorials/arrowhead-tack-tutorial

We have a theme and a hashtag for yarn-related pursuits in June!

#YarnTales is our tentative hashtag, going forward.

The theme for June is for projects we should already have most of the materials for already: mending finished objects to make them usable, and finishing projects already in the works. Please share photos, comments, questions, and links to helpful mending resources!

And before July we can come up with a better plan for deciding on themes and sharing responsibilities.

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@gannet I'm in for the idea of going with a "mend together" - especially as my own "basket" has at the very top a project delayed through my having picked up a nasty cold.

I will definitely be of the "dipping in and out" sort, but you give a positive recognition to that, so thank you!

#YarnTales gets my preference. Would we also enjoy a #MendTogether as well?

I’m not getting a huge number of definite yes responses to this thread - there’s more people saying they want to watch a monthly yarncraft themed hashtag than join in, which is fine! We all have lots of commitments.

I’m seeing positive responses to both #YarnTales and #Makery. Can people help me pick one of those two? My personal inclination is the former, as it’s more obviously fibery. Makery has a broader scope (ceramics, for example.)