Wool repair techniques

A collection of Instagram posts and YouTube videos.

Popping them all here, so that they are easy to find!

Scotch Embroidery by IG @PracticalEmbroidery

here

Duplicate Stitch by IG @AlexandraBrinck, when there are stitches to "copy"

here

Duplicate Stitch by IG @AlexandraBrinck

and also here to fix small (and large) holes.

Ladder Repair by IG @AlexandraBrinck with latch repair needle

here

Honeycomb Darning aka Blanket Stitch by IG @MinistryOfMending

here

Darning with a Speedweave by IG @MinistryOfMending

here

Patch with seed stitch by IG @MinistryOfMending

here

Click through for all of these from Ministry of Mending on YouTube

And there are plenty on the ever brilliant Repair What You Wear ... there are lots more than this for knitwear, including chewed cuffs, and hole-y elbows!

August 12th: repairs as usual!

Yes! We will be "open for business" as usual, Saturday August 12th, 10-12 in the Baptist Church on the High Street Keynsham.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Full details here.

Let's fix this!

Batmobiles & Easter

Thanks to everyone who came to the Keynsham Repair Cafe #18 today - we had a lot of fun, and fixed some interesting things. The team loved seeing the batmobile!

Next event

April 8th, second Saturday of the month as usual - yes Easter Saturday!

Full details are >> here.