Tonight I did something I rarely do – mended some socks. These socks have been laying around waiting for me to either fix them or throw them away for months now. But it’s finally done!
This one had an area that was wearing very thin, to the point it was going to develop a hole if I wore them one more time. I just duplicate stitched over the thin part and surrounding area. Believe it or not, the mending yarn is leftover from knitting the sock!
These poor sad things had a hole and some thin spots, so I took a mixed approach. I wove a patch with one of those little weaving looms over the hole, and duplicate stitched over the thin parts. I just used the same yarn because I couldn’t be bothered to find the leftover yarn from these socks, though I know it’s somewhere in my stash.
Anyway, it’s done, and I now have a little more room in my coffee table drawer!
Do you ever mend socks? Do you like visible mending, or prefer to try to make it as invisible as possible?
Quite A Yarn 
Nice mending! I like both visible mending because even if you try to make the mend invisible, it never is. You can always see it. Also, there is an invisible emoji, apparently. 🫥
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Thank you! You’re right, it’s always visible no matter what you try 🙂
LOL!
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They’re very neat fixes. I love visible mending, which is handy because I can never find the scraps I need to do matching.
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Thank you! Very true – it is usually hard to find the right yarn! And visible mending gives you the chance to add something new to the look of an older item.
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Sometimes I mend. Doing so makes me feel virtuous.
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It does, doesn’t it?
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Great job. Both pairs are definitely worth saving.
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Aw – thanks!
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I have to admit I never mend my socks. Wearing through them to me is like a good excuse to get new sockyarn and knit 😉
Nice job though, and I love that coloured sock ! Which pattern did you use for it ?
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LOL! That is very true! They are the Kaylee socks https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kaylee-socks
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Great mending! I love the sock design on the bottom ☺️
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Thanks!
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Nice mending and great way to rescue awesome socks!
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Thank you! I’m glad to be able to keep using them 🙂
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These fixes turned out great! I want to try visible mending next time I have something that needs to be fixed, but I’ve always gone for “invisible” mending before. (And sometimes it actually does manage to be hard to spot the fix. Though not usually.)
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I don’t know if I would use really visible mending for much beyond socks, but maybe! It might be fun, depending on the item.
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I’m thinking that’s how I’m going to patch my jeans next time I have a pair that needs mending! Since usually jeans wear out in a couple of places but are otherwise still in good condition. It feels a waste to not mend them.
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That is true! And visible mending can be really cute on jeans.
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Oh – and I’ve also seen some very clever use of flower embroidery on sweaters to mend places where there are small holes (aka moth bites or cat claw snags).
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That is a great way to use visible mending for sure – fix and beautiful all at once 🙂
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Plus, I can more easily justify getting rid of smaller handknit items. But a whole sweater? I’m going to try to mend that first.
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Definitely!
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