Visible mending

What you need to know before mending your clothing.

Advice for visible mending, including how to make sure you're using the right needle, how to choose colours for visible mending, and how to know if a garment or darning yarn will be durable. This is one of several blogs answering your mending and knitwear repair questions

Upcycling and organising are among the ways fashionistas are giving their wardrobes a longer life. Bel Jacobs explores how caring for our clothes also means caring for the planet.

Creative visible mending projects, darning and Swiss daring, and creative mending techniques.

When I was in St. Louis a few weeks back, my husband and I had brunch with a friend at the most delightful restaurant called Tree House. It's a vegetarian restaurant and the food is amazing. If you are ever in St. Louis, by all means, make your way over for a meal. You won't be disappointed. Our waitress that morning was so delightful, and as it turns out, quite creative. She loves taking old pieces and giving them new life. She was wearing a vintage silk top that had a hole in it when she…

Using elements of sashiko and embroidery in her visible mending, Erin Eggenburg shares clothing repair tutorials of how to extend the life of what you wear with simple mending techniques.

Learn Visible Mending for knitwear with a how-to book, mending workshops, tutorials and kits. Start repairing your knitwear with our helpful materials and darning wool.

Discover our bespoke Visible Mending Knitwear service, that will help breathe new life into your old jumpers and cardigans. Find out more now!