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Re-create knit fabric with knit-stitch darn - PEP BB textile.straw.knitdarn

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in textiles.

Knit-stitch darning (sometimes called Swiss darning) is a method of repairing holes in knitted fabric by recreating the knit stitches with a darning needle. For this badge bit, you will mend a hole using this technique.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- must be knit fabric
- must be a truly invisible mend - not obviously visible from 3 feet away

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
 -  the hole in your knit fabric, darning needle, and repair yarn
 -  your darning in progress
 -  your mended fabric


Videos to get you started:





Articles with more information:
- What is invisible mending?
- Invisible Mends One Pair of Hands
- Repairing Knitwear Knitty.com
- How to Repair Holes in Multiple Rows of Fabric Part 1
- How to Repair Holes in Multiple Rows of Fabric Part 2
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I absolutely love this cardigan and it has already been fixed a number of times by me, I'm always wearing the elbows out as I work at a desk all day.

Here are my pics. My finger is right below the repair in the last pic.
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Pic of the hole
Pic of the hole
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Materials to fix it
Materials to fix it
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In progress from the wrong side, about to darn in the ends
In progress from the wrong side, about to darn in the ends
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Pic from the right side all done - invisible!
Pic from the right side all done - invisible!
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Edge case submission
Did 2 fixes tonight, but neither one quite fits the requirements.

For the scarf, I forgot to take an in-progress photo.
For the sweater, the yarn I had didn't match the colour so it's not an invisible mend.
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scarf with materials
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scarf mended
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sweater in progress (wrong side)
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sweater with materials
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sweater mended

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I made this skirt over a year ago.  This is the first time it has needed mending.   Made of wool and linen,  it bucks hay, rides horses and tolerates the washing machine like a champ.

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File size: 34 megabytes
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Discovered a hole in the front of my favorite cardigan, so invisible mending was the obvious choice. I used a tapestry needle and some black wool yarn, but I ended up unraveling the yarn into a single strand to match the width of the yarn in the cardigan. I've never done a knit-stitch darn before, but it didn't take too long to get the hang of it and I'm happy with the results.
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The hole in my cardigan, plus the yarn and needle I used to fix it.
The hole in my cardigan, plus the yarn and needle I used to fix it.
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Vertical "ladders" done - it's significantly less visible already.
Vertical "ladders" done - it's significantly less visible already.
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Starting the actual knit stitches.
Starting the actual knit stitches.
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Finally getting the hang of it.
Finally getting the hang of it.
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The darned hole - a little lumpy around the edges, but not bad for my first time trying this method.
The darned hole - a little lumpy around the edges, but not bad for my first time trying this method.
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The front of the cardigan as seen from about three feet away, with a practically invisible darn.
The front of the cardigan as seen from about three feet away, with a practically invisible darn.

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Fixed this hole in a beloved sweater.
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I noticed a hole in one of my everyday skirts. I used 2 different colors of yarn, the white held the stitches in place and the tan was my repair yarn.
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the problem
the problem
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in progress
in progress
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the fix
the fix

"The winter will ask what we did all summer" - Henry David Thoreau

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I have a hole in my favorite thermal layer. This sucker was EXPENSIVE! So I set about re-making the knit fabric.
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Hole, with black thread, and scissors/needle
Hole, with black thread, and scissors/needle
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From the inside of the material. All the ladders have been placed, like the Swedish repair technique shown in the bb video
From the inside of the material. All the ladders have been placed, like the Swedish repair technique shown in the bb video
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The finished gob of new fabric from the inside
The finished gob of new fabric from the inside of the shirt. It's a double-layered knit, so although you can see my foundations from the inside, it's much harder to see anything from the outside.
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Thanks to my daughter for taking an action shot. I know it's not required. But thanks to SKIP, my kids have a habit of snapping pics whenever they think I am working on a bb. She wasn't wrong this time! So I had to include it...
Thanks to my daughter for taking an action shot. I know it
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Can you see the repair from 3 feet away?
Can you see the repair from 3 feet away?

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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- must be knit fabric
- must be a truly invisible mend - not obviously visible from 3 feet away

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
-  the hole in your knit fabric, darning needle, and repair yarn
-  your darning in progress
-  your mended fabric

Mended this sweater I got from an antique store.

Starting materials. This was the closest yarn I could find. Both sweater and yarn are wool.


Darning.




Done (sorry it's upside-down).

-Halley

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Holey sock,
Getting good photos black on black is hard
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Holey sock thread and needle
Holey sock thread and needle
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Process
Process
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Finished
Finished
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