FIX IT!! HOW TO: Scotch Darning
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- How to work Scotch Darning (or a weaving repair). This works on pretty much any fabric, but here we are looking at hand-knitted fabric. (This would also work on store-bought knitted fabric.)
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This isn't scotch darning. This is darning. Scotch darning uses a blanket stitch.
Yes, that's another darning type that is Scotch darning. Many of my references refer to this type of darning as Scotch as well. There are lots of different darning types, and lots of different names for them!
I'm Scottish and I do not darn like this it's very hashy. A mess.. Rose Johnstone
It's one of those names that really should be called something else - maybe a "woven darn" - not sure why it is known as Scotch! I agree, it can look messy, especially how I worked it here in the repair area. But it is very sturdy and useful to use in high-wear areas. It can be made more attractive if you work it just anchored around the edges but have the bulk of the weaving sit above the rest of the fabric, so you get no peek through from the damaged yarn. Then it can look like a nice woven patch. (And there are darning looms available that can help with this.) There are some beautiful examples of "visible mending" that use the woven repair method with colorful yarns.