Mend a hole in a mitten or glove - PEP BB textiles.straw.repair.glove

For winter chores, I wear two pairs of gloves; a lined cotton work glove on the outside, and a thinner fleece-type glove under that. As you can see, the brown work gloves have become very worn, especially the right-hand glove.

2 pairs make up my winter chore gloves.

Close-up of the worst of the holes.

Rather than replace them, I decided to mend them. I used two different techniques, patching the hole in the red work glove lining and darning the rest of the holes.

Mending tools and materials assembled.

I used part of an old sock for the patch and embroidery thread for the darning.

I patched the hole in the red lining first. Here it is inside and out.

Darning in progress. I used a paint stirrer as a darning board.

Mends done! My gloves keep my hands warm again.

I wasn't sure if these cycling mittens I made for my partner fit here or if they belong in the leather glove/mitten area as they are woolen mittens with leather pads in the high-abrasion areas.

In use, these mittens have worn out just outside of the leather pad, with some loss of material right around the seam. The original pad didn't account perfectly for how the fingers would sit while holding the handlebars and hitting the shifters. A second hole developed at the thumb insertion as this point is where the handlebar is sitting while at rest while riding. I mended the stitching in part of this area, but decided this area needed a patch to cover some of the open area and thus reduce the stress on the surrounding seams.

I turned it inside-out, attached them firmly with many small stitches across the entire patch, but not visible on the outside (good thick wool melton helps with this), and then turned it right-side out, did a round of reinforcing stitches to tie in the fraying edges, and attached some new leather pads to reduce future wear in these newly discovered high-stress areas.

I have this wonderful pair of leather gloves lined with cashmere. They got a lot of holes in the lining and I was loathe to just get rid of them. Thanks to permies I've learned about darning. I've been working on them for a few days now and will have all the holes darned soon. I couldn't find cashmere available, so I opted for merino wool. It's not as soft, but easy to darn.

This weekend I had some digging to do and my gardening gloves were not going to be warm enough. I grabbed my pair from the family glove basket (I tend to wear mittens) and saw that they needed some mending before regular use.

I dug out my needle and thread and looked over the damage. I decided to use a whip stitch to close up the thumb hole, tucking the edges in, and a back stitch to secure the velcro section on the wrist.

To reattach the elastic strap and close that hole, I first secured the elastic to one side using a running stitch. Then, tucked in both sides and used a running stitch to close it up.

The process of scrutinising every seam, and carefully attending to the repairs, has made me feel ownership of them in a new way.

Note: while I forgot to take a photo of the gloves next to the needle and thread before beginning, the action photos show the needle and thread used. I hope that this can be considered. Thank you.