i've been regularly following the mending year, which made me reflect on a pair of very threadbare lobster chaw mittens i knit for myself 8 years ago.... they've sprung several holes and have been nearly worn through in multiple places. despite being a knitter for a long time, i've never attempted darning anything before. i was just planning on throwing out these mittens. but i got out some yarn and plunged into darning, instead. here's my first attempt: closing the large hole that had sprung in the forefinger part of the mitten.
initially, i'd thought about trying to find matching wool, but realized i like the contrast of the patched part being made of totally different wool - a gesture to really pointing out the place where fraying happened.
sarah p.
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