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| learning to fix things |
 Hi this is my diary of diy-fixing-mending-darning! I'm sharing this keep track of my own journey but also to inspire you! Take these tips with a grain of salt, i'm not a professional!  My inspirations for starting this project: 1 my house got infested by some kind of clothes eating moths (and i dont have money to get an official terminator so i have just tried to clean as much as possible and fix my things) 2 this person on instagram: @oh.charlotte.rose (slow fashion and mending) 3 this person on instagram: @9rotto (more like diy and craft-y-ness in general)  what you'll need / my tools: hands (i grew them myself) + needles and thread (mostly inherited from my grandparents) + something to watch/listen to like video essays or audiobooks + a lot of patience  optional tools/tips: something round and long-ish to put socks on while you mend them (i used my stainlesssteel waterbottle upsidedown, you can also use a sturdy feeling lightbulb) floss (as thread) //it already has a coating that helps with the sewing process but if you're using cotton thread you also need like some sort of wax or other lubricant that doesnt dry out fast thicker yarn thread for wool socks (for normal socks you can separate it from 4 strands to 2 and it works better for thinner farbric) some sort of embroidery hoop for fixing shirts or normal sheets  this was the first video i watched about darning/mending and - it had good insight overall for grasping the gist - has a voiced guide  this was probably the first hand stitch video i watched - doesn't have a voiced guide - just bg music  notes: I use the blanket stitch a lot and also a variation of back stitch what i have fixed/mended this far: holes in wool socks holes and tears in pants small and large holes and tears in shirts holes underpants and re-attaching the band that has torn off holes, rips and tears in jeans put a button back on jeans when the hole was too loose and it fell off  pictures of my projects:   This is basically just a copy of my OG mending thread but I thought maybe this could be easier to have on my blogs instead of the forum |
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