Choose to never throw away a holey sweater again!
Whether you want to learn how to darn from scratch or to refine skills you already have, this book offers a fresh and sustainable approach to style.
Blending practicality with creativity, Flora shows, step by step with written instructions and accompanying photos, how to repair holes and ragged edges, add pattern and create something new and beautiful from garments you thought you’d never wear again.
Always reassuring, and using projects selected from her own portfolio and wardrobe, Flora illustrates how to approach the tiniest hole to extensive damage, and everything in between.
No matter your skill level, by following Flora’s instructions and suggestions, you’ll revive your knits, give them a new look and wear them with pride.
Inside:
what you’ll need by way of equipment
the best stitches for darning and embroidery and how to make them
how to mend cuffs, edges and holes
how knitwear behaves and how to look after it
colour and design
Hardback
144 pages
241mm x 196mm approx
Published in 2021 by Collingwood-Norris
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This inspiring book shows a clever colourful way to darn clothes. I’m enjoying the process very much.
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