Freedom Skirt repair
Remember my skirt disaster? The mouse that made a nest in my skirt while Thebes and I were on vacation?
With the return of colder weather I pulled out the skirt for repair. The mouse had dug into the skirt and there were little poofs of fabric. I cut those off first. Inspecting the skirt I found a third spot that was damaged. While there wasn’t a hole the mouse had scratched it so much that it was very thin and would have become a hole if handled much.
After cleaning up the holes I put the live stitches on holders. Then I poured myself a tall glass of wine and set to work:
Basically I knit patches with the new yarn. I bought the same yarn, Shades of Plum, from Lonesome Stone. I k2tog and ssk to attach the patch to the sides. Two of the patches were stockinette and one was feather and fan. The feather and fan one was tricky at first but I got the hang of it.
I took these pics with flash so the patches stick out more. You can tell where they are in person but I don’t think it’s as obvious as it looks here.
Original skirt post here.
2 comments October 29th, 2009
