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Hand Sewing

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I’m trying to trick my brain into doing tasks I have been avoiding. Usually by promising myself a reward or by putting the task somewhere I can see it and it will annoy me. Today’s was to hand sew the pile of things that had been collecting my dresser.

First up, was sewing a label into my latest sweater finish. This was my Bibliophile 2 and my very last tag from my Etsy order from back in 2011/2012. I have different tags now and I will kind of miss these old ones!

Next up was reattaching the button to my strawberry pajama set. It popped off after it’s latest wash. I must admit that I am rusty at buttons. I forgot to leave some room under the button so the fabric has somewhere to lay. So this button fits rather snuggly.

Alas, it’s functional so I am gathering that I will not redo it. Happy Mending!!

Project Bag Surgery

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This bag has been holding my Victorian Mauve Vanilla socks and I was using to walk on my lunch hour this week when I had a malfuntion. My wr

I grabbed some black thread and a sewing needle to make a quick mend. I used tiny little quilt like stitches to reattach the strap. The strap nestled right back in and my less than professional stitches are now hidden inside.

This bag can be return to use! Happy Knitting!!

Sock Repair!

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I wore my Very Berry Vanilla Socks to work the other day with a pair of snuggly boots during our first snow this winter season.

I thought the heels felt a little small so I took them off to investigate what I should have done differently….and then I saw it….a dropped stitch laddering it’s way down. See it there? In the pink stripe in the middle of the sock?
 Well I pulled out my mending card for this pair and found a darning needle and a crochet hook! I laddered the stitch back up and used a spare piece of yarn to catch it. You can see my spare yarn below before I pulled it tight.

Then I just wove in the ends on the inside and my socks are ready to ride again!

I admit I feel a bit smart for fixing these pair and know exactly where my supplies were. We shall see how this system maintains itself over the years, lol!

Happy Knitting!