How To Repair a Hole In Knit Cloth

Now that summer is over and autumn has crept upon us, it's more than than probable that you lot'll be digging your winter woollies out of storage. But what if you find your favourite jumper has fallen victim to the greatest enemy of all knitwear - clothes moths?!

The good news is that moth holes tin be repaired. If the damage is minimal and the hole is smaller than 5 millimetres, then you tin can use fusible bonding web to fix the hole. If the hole is larger, you lot tin employ a darning technique to mend the fabric by interweaving with a needle and thread. Here's how to darn a pigsty in knit fabric, shown by video tutorial and our written guide.

Repair Holes While They're Even so Pocket-sized

Nosotros recommend that you repair equally presently as you notice the first sign of damage, equally if you leave them they'll become bigger, and bigger holes are more challenging to repair.

Yous volition need: darning needle, yarn in a matching colour and the same thickness every bit the surrounding material, or a contrasting yarn, a darning back up, scissors.

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How to Darn, Step-past-Step

Sentinel our video tutorial to run across the step-by-footstep guide to darning for the get-go fourth dimension, or follow our written guide underneath.

ane. Place the darning mushroom under the hole and pull the garment over then that the hole is centred

2. Sew a few stitches in the undamaged surrounding fabric to secure the thread

3. Sew across the pigsty horizontally starting and catastrophe close to the circle of running stitches

four. Adjacent weave a series of stitches going perpendicular, working the thread over and nether your stitches

5. Continue this upward and down weaving until you accept created a grid that completely covers the pigsty

six. Brand sure that you lot leave a long stop on the thread when you are finished so that you tin weave it into the repair, rather than securing it with a knot. If you lot would like to secure information technology with a knot, ensure that you do not pull on the thread or it may end upwardly puckering

7. To cease, gently press to flatten and blend the darn.

Protect Your Knitwear from Future Damage

For more information on how to protect your knitwear from future harm by getting rid of the clothes moths in your cupboard, read our blog.

We hope you managed to bring new life to your treasured knitwear past following our darning guide. For more help with caring for your knitwear, including our anti-moth products, cheque out the rest of our range: