Being an expect doesn't mean you don't make mistakes it just means you are able to fix the mistakes. I think it is really helpful to see the process of fixing knitting. Thanks.
I used to tell my students that the difference between a professional knitter and an amateur is that the professional has ripped out more stitches than the amateur has knit. :D
Thank you for letting us follow along with your thought process, it was brilliant because I needed to understand what you were seeing to troubleshoot, and how there could be other options. Seeing this also gives me a better understanding of knitting itself since I am a beginner, and I am not yet able to read my stitches.
A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law brought me a knitted baby blanket that was made for my significant other when he was born. Almost 30 years of life, and it had a hole very similar to the one in this video. She asked me if I could fix it, because of course it means a lot to her; the handmade blanket she wrapped her first born son in. After watching this video two or three times, I sat down with my yarn and gear, and about 45 minutes later the blanket is completely repaired!! My mother-in-law is going to be *so* happy to see this beloved blanket whole once more! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! :D :D :D
+NaRhea Dawn You are SOOOOO welcome NaRhea and thank you for making my day. :D I invite you to join my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com if you haven't done so already. That's where I keep the closest contact with knitters.
My mum was and is NOT a knitter; a great conversationalist though, who at 88 can still pick up a conversation with people she hasn't met for years, but remembering things that are important to them. ('Still love you Mum, even though I lost sleep at 9 years of age, stewing about my sewing homework being so behind...) So I missed out on learning sewing and knitting when I was young & even developed a phobia about dropped stitches when I did try and learn later on. At 59, I've just joined a knitters' group once a week, which is great, but still couldn't progress without a tutorial such as yours, Cheryl. Wonderfully communicative and patient, with a lovely sprinkling of kindness thrown in for good measure. THANK you and God Bless. xoxoxo
+Clarice Aust Thank you for this lovely comment Clarice. I invite you to join my email knitting newsletter at cherylbrunette.com. That's where I communicate more directly with a group of knitters I'm getting to know.
You are AMAING, I am a beginner and some times I want to give up because some teachers are so fast and only for advance knitters and so on, but you were so detailed and don't panic that I want to keep going. May God BLESS you for taking the time for us who are just starting off and would like to teach our children. I am Ethiopian usually we are Great at these things, but the age I would have been taught I came to America.
Got an SOS for exactly this very problem on a baby blanket that has been a constant companion for 6 years and the little owner won't send it to the blanket fixing person so this was perfect for me to know what I have to have in my bag of tricks when I make a house call ;). Thank you for such a slow, fully discussed training tutorial. God bless yoi
Fantastic video I love how you took your time so I could clearly see every step you made in the process of darning. I am grateful for your teaching style and I have subscribed to your channel. Please keep these teaching videos coming you have a real skill of a wonderful teacher.
This is just what I needed to give me the courage to tackle the small holes in the sweater I knitted for my son years ago. I still have some of the same yarn, so it will be nice to mend. I agree it takes patience, courage, and willingness to study the patterns and eventually it works out. My daughter has a PhD in Math and I am a quantitative research scientist, and we both love to knit! My mother has a very analytical brain also and loves to knit!
THIS is the 'how to' tutorial I have been searching my whole life for. It's the one that shows you how to restore the structural integrity of the knit. THIS is the only one I have seen that can possibly make a mending job look like nothing ever happened to it.
I used your demonstration to take apart a garment I knitted on my Knifty Knitter Loom using a Garter stitch. It worked out perfectly! I threaded a contrasting piece of yarn through the rows on either side instead of the knitting needles, then used the thread to put the loops back on my loom and continue my work. Thank you for making this tutorial. It was clear, easy to see, and helped me build my confidence.
Cheryl, I was desperate for made a hole in my finished knitting project. After a lot of frustration and searching on youtube, I found your channel. Thank you for sharing this valuable technique. All the best :D
A knitter since I was 8, this was very easy to follow, caught every nuance, both visually and explanationwise, could see each move you made--was kind of fun! You're very good at choosing the exact words to explain the process of capturing and reknitting the frayed knitting. Marvelous!
Wow! Love this tutorial. I don’t knit but I do crochet. This is so helpful for those of us who don’t knit. Your extra persnickety trick of splitting the ply is also helpful-I’ve never seen that before but I’m going to start doing it when weaving in my ends. Thank you!!
I saw your other tutorial about picking up a dropped stitch. I’m a fair knitter. This is a very informative video. I’m saving this until I have brought a large magnifier to get closer to my work. I’m pinning this and coming back later to watch it again. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Thanks! I think we all tend to think there is a "right way" to do something for subjects we don't understand well, but most of life is just figuring out a something that works well enough. I find that people who profess to know "the right way" in knitting just don't have enough experience to know that there are often many other ways that will work. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us
One of the most enjoyable fixers i have watched. I don't know that I am at the point where I can fix major mistakes but I certainly feel that I have more courage to face that big ole bad mistake monster. You're awesome. Thanks for taking the time to share your technique.
+mssbizzy You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting. Are you on my email newsletter mailing list yet? It's where I give more info and it's at cherylbrunette.com
I watched the whole 30 minute video in one sitting, completely entranced. Im a brand new knitter and don't have anything to repair yet, and this video was still so interesting and informative to watch. Awesome video!!
I did it! I successfully repaired a patch of pulled knitting and all thanks to this video. I’m sad to think of the moth eaten clothes I recycled or threw away because I didn’t know how to repair them. Thank you for this tutorial. You’re a saint!
This was so easy to follow. I actually saw that you were missing a stitch before you did, but of course I didn;t say anything and you found it quick enough!
I loved that you showed us the full/true process, you showed us that even an expert doesn't get it right on the first try. Also, it was a great way of helping us newbies SEE our stitches and understand the concept of the pattern. Thanks for sharing
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I've never knit a stitch in my life, and I followed your instructions and was able to fix my son's favorite knit doll! Thank you, Cheryl, for an easy-to-follow tutorial!
I am so delighted to hear this DDK. Fixing your son's favorite doll is really, really important and I'm grateful to be able to help. I have a soft spot for broken, beloved things. You are welcome for the help and thank you so much for commenting.
The video was well done. I could see what you were doing. I was also glad that when you mentioned you had demonstrated a technique in another video, you still went ahead and showed the step. It would have been really confusing to have to watch another video, then jump back to the next step in this one.
I have watched this several times. I caught your mistakes, but might not have on my own work. I love the way you broke this down. It offers encouragement when we are faced with this kind of project. Bravo!
Thank you, Cheryl! You are an excellent teacher and your videos are easy to see, hear, and learn from!! I'm an experienced but self taught knitter who is SO glad I finally found you! THANK YOU!
Okay, I'm here browsing beginner videos and I stumble upon this gem. I have to make a comment because trying to follow some tutorials can give me so much anxiety... not this one!! I absolutely love your method of teaching and explaining, straightforward and eloquent. I also very much enjoy your candor and sense of humor. What a pleasure, Cheryl. I will come back to this if I ever run into this problem. For now, I'm onto knitting my first ever project! Wish we could knit together! Cheers!
Congratulations on picking up knitting and thank you for watching and commenting so kindly, Veronica. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters. And maybe someday we CAN knit together. I'm old enough to know that odder things have happened.
An elegant mend is one of the more beautiful things that exist, this was a true pleasure to watch. I especially enjoyed hearing your reasoning and that you mentioned when there were several options available. I've got some holes in mohair sweaters that because they were stable, not going anywhere as you would put it, I just let them be; but now I feel inspired to take a good look at them and see what I can do! Thank you for your informative videos, you're a skilled teacher!
You are so welcome Margaret! Thank you for this lovely comment. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters.
Thank you so much, Cheryl, what a wonderful video!! I am not a knitter (a crocheter), but have had to repair several store bought knitted items. I wish I had seen this many years before when I had to tackle repairs!! Your work is impeccable!
I read about 20 or so of the comments below. I love sweet people that really share themselves. The lady that had a phobia made me laugh. I have no phobia's but I can understand why you fell like that. My mom/mum was a stickler too. She scared me at times. But, Cheryl I think we all love you in our own little ways. You made a difference! Bless you!
This is a fantastic tutorial, thank you! I love that you talk about not being sure but then add that you do know what you’re doing, and you certainly do! I knitted a sweater for my daughter which she loved and I thought turned out beautifully. Then her cat got ahold of it one day and put a hole in it. I wasn’t sure I could mend it until I found your video, so thank you so much for sharing your skillful talent and knowledge of the craft!
This was amazing. I could never do it, so it was like a murder mystery to me, so I had to see how it came out. Beautiful example of patience and skill. Thank you.
You are so welcome Dianne. Like many other things, it's easy once you see it done. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.
I really like your presentation. You make a great use of humor and you made this terrible tragedy come into perspective. I just finished a pair of socks in worsted weight and the yarn broke somehow after I had the whole sock finished. You helped me save my work! Thank God! And thank you too!
I've been knitting for over 31 years. This is what I've needed to know for the longest time. I got a whole in a purchased garment I did not want to throw away a month ago. Thank you! I hope I can fix it I was preparing pumpkin for our dog as I watch this but I think I've got it. Thank you!
Lucky dog!!! And I'm happy it helped you. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.
I watched this two years ago and commented, but I watched again as needed a refresher. It was mesmerizing and better than watching open-heart surgery. I'm hoping it will help me mend someone's sock monkey that has a hole in its face and hoping he won't end up looking like he has a scar!
I don't think I would find an open-heart surgery video very mesmerizing. :D I'm afraid I might find it terrifying. Mercifully, I slept through mine 6 months ago, though my chest is still sore. I don't even want to contemplate what they did while I was asleep, though I am grateful to them for saving my life. It was an emergency.
Just found your video after I accidentally cut hole in my finished hat trying to cut a snagged *lifeline.* 😭 Now I have hope! Thank you. You're a wonderful instructor!
“Dropped stitches are like a pencils. You just pick them up!” My new mantra as a new knitter. I love it! You’re great! Thanks so much for all your great tutorials. They help SO much!!✌🏻💛
Thank you for this video. I need to mend a blanket for my granddaughter and it has a broken piece of yarn with a big hole. Now I will do a much better repair than I would have before.
Not only is this informative, but also quite entertaining. I love to see how your mind works to solve this problem. I wish my mind was as methodical as yours. :)
👏🏻👏🏻💯🤩👍🏻👍🏻 You are The Best Teacher!! I have learned so much from you: hand knitting & on the Bond/Ultimate Sweater Machine! And now, repairing!! I should have looked for this video before now! If I practice a bit first, I might be able to repair some of my family vintage pieces (50-90 yrs)! Thank you so very much! God bless you! 🙏🏻💕🤗💕🙏🏻
I loved your video, and I learned a lot from it. I really need to watch others as I do not knit, I crochet. I am guessing fixing a hole in my crochet will be harder. Specially because it is so easy for the yarn to keep going and going when getting undone. I find that knitting in this case is way safer. I used to knit a long time ago, only beginning level. I always appreciated how it was safer to leave my knitting unattended, while leaving your crochet unattended would be disastrous. 4 kitties in the house so you must imagine! However I really like to crochet, I love making knots endlessly I guess. My son is almost 20 and I crocheted his baby blanket (that's how I started). It was then when I experimented with knitting but the granny who taught me wouldn't do knitting either and the book for knitting could only do but so much.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette haha :) thanks for your reply! I'd find it hard to do also, but you gave me the idea of incorporating a separate piece of yarn which would probably fix the issue much better, as soon as you find both ends of the yarn. You would need to join the yarn with the one that's in the direction of what you have to repair and crochet as if you were making the garment. The tricky part would be joining the bottom portion of the stitches which might require sewing with a tapestry needle. At the end and when you have both the end of the new yarn and the other broken end, it's a matter of also joining them together with a magic knot join (a russian join might be harder to do but it could work if you're willing to pull some of that yarn and fix it later).
loved it, and it was very brilliant of you to tear a swatch to simulate a photo of a real disaster. I'm new to knitting but I've learned a lot from you. thanks again
Wow, thank you so much for this video. Seeing a fix helps me recognize stitches, one from another. I am a self-taught knitter/Crocheter, and a sight learner with Aspergers. Holes in knitting are no longer scary!
Thanks for posting. I love watching a true craftsperson at work. I’ve got zero experience of knitting, but I do have a jumper with worn elbows I need to have a go at before consigning it to the fabric recycling pile (after the “professional” darning fell apart in seconds).
I'm so very glad you worked through the problem without rehearsal! It was just as important to me to see you problem-solve as it was for me to see the actual solution.
Absolutely a fascinating (and so informative) video. I love your approach of ‘don’t panic’; very encouraging for a beginner! 😄. I completed my first project from returning to this wonderful hobby of being away from it for 30 years. (Created a children’s hat) I made 3 mistakes: 2 holes from dropped stitches and a diagonal end from too much decreasing. After watching your repair video, I think I can go back and repair the holes and I’ll just bury the decreased diagonal in the seam. Much different approach than I used all those years ago. Back then I would have tore it all out and start3d over again. I’m much wiser now ... I’ll repair the mistakes if I can. If not, they will be the character built into my piece. I’m sure the child who receives the donation won’t care. She’ll just be happy to get a hat to keep her little head warm. And I was happy to knit her one without the cloud of perfection hanging over my head. Most valuable lesson learned. 💗
Thank you so much! I'm a crocheter, not a knitter, so this is actually a wonderful video! Now I can start fixing holes in my favorite sweaters. I have 3 just hanging in the closet, lol!
This is what I've been searching for. I have several very much beloved cardigan sweaters with a myriad of holes and/or runs (I'll be checking the video for runs next), and I have been unable to bring myself to toss them, but wasn't sure how to fix them properly. My winter wardrobe is saved!
I liked that you thought this through as you did the video because ... it gave me the time to think it through for myself and when I came to the same conclusion you did, it gave me a little confidence boost that maybe I could do this. You must be very good at puzzles!!
Hello, This video is like a magic for me. I don't know much about knitting but my mother do. I'm gonna show her& I'm sure she'll be happy to watch it. Thank U for your precious work. Hugs for you ❤
that repair gives me ideas for adding random accents to my knitting. and the grafting method is wonderful for all sorts of starting and finishing, thank you
YES!! It's like using embroidery to fill a hole in pair of jeans. And you are so welcome. p.s. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com and get more information than I share on YT.
My oma knitted me a jumper last year. I found two small holes in it today, not sure how they happened but I was devastated. I think this video might be my saviour!!!!
xoxo You might put the sweater inside a plastic bag and then into the freezer for a week just in case it's moth damage. The eggs are very tiny so they could still be embedded in the yarn. Good luck! I'm sure you'll do well.
Very good that you showed the process in actual time. That's real life. We don't get to edit things as we're problem solving. A thing that occured to me was how to tell the original direction of knitting. Maybe you cover elsewhere. That is next up, in my mind, to learn. Thank you.
One clue is to look at the edge stitches and see which way they point. Also, pattern stitches like ribbing are easy to identify. Stockinette looks the same going up or down.
@@CherylBrunetteTV Ohhh....helpful already. I've had your "Sweater 101" book for years. Getting closer to the time that I "think" that I can manage this feat. :) Thank you.
Thank you so much for this! I had finished my first sweater and was weaving in ends but on one section I accidentally weaves out the ends! It was a section where I had joined in another yarn. So when I weaves the ends out it created a hole and then 2 end strings. I literally spent 10 hours trying to fix it and frustrated. I watched this video and fixed it within an hour. Thank you soooooo much!!!
This was an amazing video. I appreciate the fact that you problem-solved as you went along. I have a sock-monkey my 97 year old aunt gave me when I was 10 years old. Mice got to it and began eating part of the legs and tail. Although the weaving is very small and tight, I think this video will help me reweave the portions destroyed.
Cheryl I was amazed at how you fixed that hole! I would of sewed the ends together and call it a slop job, I am new to knitting. :-) I subscribed to your channel, but I am not sure if you are still on YT????? I doubt if I'll be mending anything, but it's a pleasure to see someone that really knows her craft! Kudos to you!!!! :-) Great job!!!!
+Claire Bacchi Thank you. Yes I'm still on TH-cam but I had a long hiatus as we built my new studio on my property (lovely and modest) and are still finishing it. There is still no hard electricity run, for example. And I'm still not entirely happy with the long shot but I'm closing in on it. It's my vanity. :)
Thank you Mari. I think that's one of the most important things for a teacher to do . . . to show the stumbles. I think it gives people confidence. We live in such a "have to do it perfectly" the first time society that it stops people from exploring and making "mistakes" along the way and without them one can never grow in her or his skills. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us. You'll learn a lot over time.
You are so welcome Teresa! Yay. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please consider joining us. That's where I give lots of good information and keep in closest touch with knitters.
Usually I resent then skip long how-to vids as we have limited data out here in the boonies and towards the end of our monthly plan you can bet on a lot of buffering stoppages and starts as we get put in internet jail (slow speed) until the next pay period. In this case, I hung in there and learned so much from your vid; thank you x 3!! I was comforted, too by the hand work you did as it reminded me of the hand mending I do.....loving it, also....sewing needle and thread and a cute thimble. I do knit and crochet, btw. And, guess what? Our hair-dos are exactly alike! You're prettier than I am, though! LOL!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!
Very clearly shown, thank you! Maybe now I can deal with my three sweaters and their various holes with calmness. And nice harp playing (I’m a harper!)
Thank you so much ! I have done this so many times, but not knowing really how and having an OK result, not perfect like yours! Im going on to watch the rest of your videos!
+Benene Lane You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting. Are you on my email newsletter mailing list yet? It's where I give more info and it's at cherylbrunette.com
On one hand this video made my stomach hurt with anxiety 😣 on the other, it was so satisfying to watch! 😁 i kinda wish you'd used a matching yarn so that we could see how perfect the repair was done, or rather, how invisible it would have been. 😊 thanks for sharing
You are so welcome. And thank you for watching and commenting so kindly. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group if you haven't done so already. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
My goodness! I don't knit, but I can watch your magic for hours! If we have a degree in knitting, you should have a Ph.D.! Thanks for the impressive video. Now, I have to find another easier way to fix my sweater...
Thanks , Cheryl, for a very patient explanation on how to repair a mishap on a knitted item. How would you repair the cast on row that accidentally ripped when stretched. It's also difficult to see exactly each stitch because the yarn is a type of boucle. Thanks.
You are welcome Susie. Sorry, but there's no way I can answer your question because there is no set answer. Every repair is an exercise in problem solving. What kind of a cast on is it? How big is the "tear"? Is it vertical, horizontal? How many threads were broken? Etc.
Wow! That was truly amazing and a video I will definitely refer back to. I liked the way you showed how you problem solved while repairing the hole. Thank you!
I am fascinated that you still have your mother’s stitch holders. I think that is beautiful. I would love to still have something of my mother’s to use that way. Do you know where we might purchase some like this? Perhaps Hobby Lobby? Thank you for this video!!!❤
A quick Amazon search gave me these. Lots of different sizes for a good price. www.amazon.com/Knitting-Aluminum-Holders-Crocheting-Practical/dp/B0C438GG86/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=stitch+holders+for+knitting&qid=1700349761&sr=8-1 And you are so welcome for the video. I'm glad if it helps you.
In this age of knit sneakers, Adidas primeknits and Nike flyknits need this type of repair. Thank you for making this video ma’am, couldn’t find a solution for my sneakers!
Thanks for the excellent method. But the hole that I have to mend is four times that size, many rows. I have been putting it off for months and now I'm starting with it. Feels like I have to perform heart surgery.
Linda . . . I have, for the most part, stopped making knitting videos, but I think a class is needed in how to repair a large hole. I was away from home recently and took some mending with me. I have a big hole in a garter piece and I could not find any good guidance on line and I looked like crazy. I don't want to duplicate anything that is already available, but I think this might be a subject that needs some in-depth treatment.
I've got the "saved live stitches" on needles, but I have to recreate stitches for 3 missing rows (judging by the strands running horizontally above and below the saved stitches. However, these strands are broken strands and not all that long, so I don't think I can use them for the crochet-hook stitch retrieval process. Perhaps I can create new horizontal strands to use with similar yarn?
I generally build the stitches with a tapestry needle from the bottom up, then I work in all the extra yarn ends in a way that anchors the new work to the old. I have a gigantic hole I need to fix right now and am exploring alternatives. I think I'm going to have to make a patch and sew it on.
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You are so welcome Willow Dawn. Isn't it great that they can be fixed? p.s. Are you on my email list yet? You can sign up at cherylbrunette.com or howtoknitasweater.com and get more information than I share on YT.
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Being an expect doesn't mean you don't make mistakes it just means you are able to fix the mistakes. I think it is really helpful to see the process of fixing knitting. Thanks.
I used to tell my students that the difference between a professional knitter and an amateur is that the professional has ripped out more stitches than the amateur has knit. :D
Truth!
Thank you for letting us follow along with your thought process, it was brilliant because I needed to understand what you were seeing to troubleshoot, and how there could be other options. Seeing this also gives me a better understanding of knitting itself since I am a beginner, and I am not yet able to read my stitches.
I love the way you splice and weave in your ends! I've never seen that done before!
It cuts down on the bulk.
A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law brought me a knitted baby blanket that was made for my significant other when he was born. Almost 30 years of life, and it had a hole very similar to the one in this video. She asked me if I could fix it, because of course it means a lot to her; the handmade blanket she wrapped her first born son in. After watching this video two or three times, I sat down with my yarn and gear, and about 45 minutes later the blanket is completely repaired!! My mother-in-law is going to be *so* happy to see this beloved blanket whole once more!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! :D :D :D
+NaRhea Dawn You are SOOOOO welcome NaRhea and thank you for making my day. :D I invite you to join my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com if you haven't done so already. That's where I keep the closest contact with knitters.
My mum was and is NOT a knitter; a great conversationalist though, who at 88 can still pick up a conversation with people she hasn't met for years, but remembering things that are important to them. ('Still love you Mum, even though I lost sleep at 9 years of age, stewing about my sewing homework being so behind...) So I missed out on learning sewing and knitting when I was young & even developed a phobia about dropped stitches when I did try and learn later on. At 59, I've just joined a knitters' group once a week, which is great, but still couldn't progress without a tutorial such as yours, Cheryl. Wonderfully communicative and patient, with a lovely sprinkling of kindness thrown in for good measure. THANK you and God Bless. xoxoxo
+Clarice Aust Thank you for this lovely comment Clarice. I invite you to join my email knitting newsletter at cherylbrunette.com. That's where I communicate more directly with a group of knitters I'm getting to know.
You are AMAING, I am a beginner and some times I want to give up because some teachers are so fast and only for advance knitters and so on, but you were so detailed and don't panic that I want to keep going. May God BLESS you for taking the time for us who are just starting off and would like to teach our children. I am Ethiopian usually we are Great at these things, but the age I would have been taught I came to America.
Mi-Mi Canterbury Thank you for this lovely comment Mi-Mi. I'm so glad my work is helping you. I do want to do a series for teaching children some day.
Got an SOS for exactly this very problem on a baby blanket that has been a constant companion for 6 years and the little owner won't send it to the blanket fixing person so this was perfect for me to know what I have to have in my bag of tricks when I make a house call ;). Thank you for such a slow, fully discussed training tutorial. God bless yoi
Fantastic video I love how you took your time so I could clearly see every step you made in the process of darning. I am grateful for your teaching style and I have subscribed to your channel. Please keep these teaching videos coming you have a real skill of a wonderful teacher.
This is just what I needed to give me the courage to tackle the small holes in the sweater I knitted for my son years ago. I still have some of the same yarn, so it will be nice to mend. I agree it takes patience, courage, and willingness to study the patterns and eventually it works out. My daughter has a PhD in Math and I am a quantitative research scientist, and we both love to knit! My mother has a very analytical brain also and loves to knit!
THIS is the 'how to' tutorial I have been searching my whole life for. It's the one that shows you how to restore the structural integrity of the knit. THIS is the only one I have seen that can possibly make a mending job look like nothing ever happened to it.
I don't know how i ended up watching a video about knitting repairs, but i watched the entire clip and i am amazed
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I used your demonstration to take apart a garment I knitted on my Knifty Knitter Loom using a Garter stitch. It worked out perfectly! I threaded a contrasting piece of yarn through the rows on either side instead of the knitting needles, then used the thread to put the loops back on my loom and continue my work.
Thank you for making this tutorial. It was clear, easy to see, and helped me build my confidence.
Suzanne Passow Thank you for this delightful comment Suzanne and congratulations on a job well done.
Thanks for including your process of figuring this out and not just doing it perfectly the first time!
Cheryl, I was desperate for made a hole in my finished knitting project. After a lot of frustration and searching on youtube, I found your channel. Thank you for sharing this valuable technique. All the best :D
A knitter since I was 8, this was very easy to follow, caught every nuance, both visually and explanationwise, could see each move you made--was kind of fun! You're very good at choosing the exact words to explain the process of capturing and reknitting the frayed knitting. Marvelous!
Thank you so much for this kind comment Eleanor.
Wow! Love this tutorial. I don’t knit but I do crochet. This is so helpful for those of us who don’t knit. Your extra persnickety trick of splitting the ply is also helpful-I’ve never seen that before but I’m going to start doing it when weaving in my ends. Thank you!!
You are so welcome Jael. Thank you for commenting.
I saw your other tutorial about picking up a dropped stitch. I’m a fair knitter. This is a very informative video. I’m saving this until I have brought a large magnifier to get closer to my work. I’m pinning this and coming back later to watch it again. Thanks for sharing your talents.
I liked watching you problem solve. It was encouraging to see an experienced knitter try different approaches!
Thanks! I think we all tend to think there is a "right way" to do something for subjects we don't understand well, but most of life is just figuring out a something that works well enough. I find that people who profess to know "the right way" in knitting just don't have enough experience to know that there are often many other ways that will work. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us
One of the most enjoyable fixers i have watched. I don't know that I am at the point where I can fix major mistakes but I certainly feel that I have more courage to face that big ole bad mistake monster. You're awesome. Thanks for taking the time to share your technique.
+mssbizzy You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting. Are you on my email newsletter mailing list yet? It's where I give more info and it's at cherylbrunette.com
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I watched the whole 30 minute video in one sitting, completely entranced. Im a brand new knitter and don't have anything to repair yet, and this video was still so interesting and informative to watch. Awesome video!!
I did it! I successfully repaired a patch of pulled knitting and all thanks to this video. I’m sad to think of the moth eaten clothes I recycled or threw away because I didn’t know how to repair them. Thank you for this tutorial. You’re a saint!
This was so easy to follow. I actually saw that you were missing a stitch before you did, but of course I didn;t say anything and you found it quick enough!
I loved that you showed us the full/true process, you showed us that even an expert doesn't get it right on the first try. Also, it was a great way of helping us newbies SEE our stitches and understand the concept of the pattern. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you for the link... I'm a subscriber now :)
I've never knit a stitch in my life, and I followed your instructions and was able to fix my son's favorite knit doll! Thank you, Cheryl, for an easy-to-follow tutorial!
I am so delighted to hear this DDK. Fixing your son's favorite doll is really, really important and I'm grateful to be able to help. I have a soft spot for broken, beloved things. You are welcome for the help and thank you so much for commenting.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette I sent you a message on Facebook with a photo of the repair :-)
The video was well done. I could see what you were doing. I was also glad that when you mentioned you had demonstrated a technique in another video, you still went ahead and showed the step. It would have been really confusing to have to watch another video, then jump back to the next step in this one.
I have watched this several times. I caught your mistakes, but might not have on my own work. I love the way you broke this down. It offers encouragement when we are faced with this kind of project. Bravo!
Glad it was helpful! It's always just a process of step-by-step problem solving.
Thank you, Cheryl! You are an excellent teacher and your videos are easy to see, hear, and learn from!! I'm an experienced but self taught knitter who is SO glad I finally found you! THANK YOU!
You are so welcome Virginia and thank you for this lovely comment.
Thank you for your time. I have learned a lot. I try on my daughter her dress. And if its not good i take it out and try again.
Okay, I'm here browsing beginner videos and I stumble upon this gem. I have to make a comment because trying to follow some tutorials can give me so much anxiety... not this one!! I absolutely love your method of teaching and explaining, straightforward and eloquent. I also very much enjoy your candor and sense of humor. What a pleasure, Cheryl. I will come back to this if I ever run into this problem. For now, I'm onto knitting my first ever project! Wish we could knit together! Cheers!
Congratulations on picking up knitting and thank you for watching and commenting so kindly, Veronica. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters. And maybe someday we CAN knit together. I'm old enough to know that odder things have happened.
An elegant mend is one of the more beautiful things that exist, this was a true pleasure to watch. I especially enjoyed hearing your reasoning and that you mentioned when there were several options available. I've got some holes in mohair sweaters that because they were stable, not going anywhere as you would put it, I just let them be; but now I feel inspired to take a good look at them and see what I can do! Thank you for your informative videos, you're a skilled teacher!
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This really is not complicated, you just need a LOT of patience. Thank you.
Exactly! And you are so welcome.Thank you for commenting.
Thank you so much, Cheryl, what a wonderful video!! I am not a knitter (a crocheter), but have had to repair several store bought knitted items. I wish I had seen this many years before when I had to tackle repairs!! Your work is impeccable!
Gerri T You are so welcome Gerri and thank you for this kind comment.
I read about 20 or so of the comments below. I love sweet people that really share themselves. The lady that had a phobia made me laugh. I have no phobia's but I can understand why you fell like that. My mom/mum was a stickler too. She scared me at times. But, Cheryl I think we all love you in our own little ways. You made a difference! Bless you!
+Claire Bacchi Thank you for this sweet and kind comment. It's important to me, working alone as I do, to think that my work really does help people.
This is a fantastic tutorial, thank you! I love that you talk about not being sure but then add that you do know what you’re doing, and you certainly do! I knitted a sweater for my daughter which she loved and I thought turned out beautifully. Then her cat got ahold of it one day and put a hole in it. I wasn’t sure I could mend it until I found your video, so thank you so much for sharing your skillful talent and knowledge of the craft!
You are so welcome and I'm so glad it helped you.
This was amazing. I could never do it, so it was like a murder mystery to me, so I had to see how it came out. Beautiful example of patience and skill. Thank you.
Wow! I just watched this and it’s been so helpful to watch someone repair a damaged piece of knitting. Thanks for showing me how.
You are so welcome Dianne. Like many other things, it's easy once you see it done. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette I darned my daughters hand knitted socks straight after watching you clip. Easy as!
I really like your presentation. You make a great use of humor and you made this terrible tragedy come into perspective. I just finished a pair of socks in worsted weight and the yarn broke somehow after I had the whole sock finished. You helped me save my work! Thank God! And thank you too!
ElderPinkerton Thank you for this lovely comment and you are so welcome.
I've been knitting for over 31 years. This is what I've needed to know for the longest time. I got a whole in a purchased garment I did not want to throw away a month ago. Thank you! I hope I can fix it I was preparing pumpkin for our dog as I watch this but I think I've got it. Thank you!
Lucky dog!!! And I'm happy it helped you. Have you joined my email newsletter tribe over at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, I hope you'll consider it. That's where I keep in closest touch with knitters and I give out a ton of good information.
Thank you SO much! I am a self-taught knitter if you don't count all the enormous help from people like you!
Sandra Licher You are SO welcome. And thank you for commenting and watching.
I watched this two years ago and commented, but I watched again as needed a refresher. It was mesmerizing and better than watching open-heart surgery. I'm hoping it will help me mend someone's sock monkey that has a hole in its face and hoping he won't end up looking like he has a scar!
I don't think I would find an open-heart surgery video very mesmerizing. :D I'm afraid I might find it terrifying. Mercifully, I slept through mine 6 months ago, though my chest is still sore. I don't even want to contemplate what they did while I was asleep, though I am grateful to them for saving my life. It was an emergency.
Thanks for an easy to follow video where you tackle issues as they appear.
Just found your video after I accidentally cut hole in my finished hat trying to cut a snagged *lifeline.* 😭 Now I have hope! Thank you. You're a wonderful instructor!
You can do this Janean, and thank you for this kind comment.
“Dropped stitches are like a pencils. You just pick them up!” My new mantra as a new knitter. I love it! You’re great! Thanks so much for all your great tutorials. They help SO much!!✌🏻💛
You are so welcome. Thanks for commenting.
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Thank you for this video. I need to mend a blanket for my granddaughter and it has a broken piece of yarn with a big hole. Now I will do a much better repair than I would have before.
Not only is this informative, but also quite entertaining. I love to see how your mind works to solve this problem. I wish my mind was as methodical as yours. :)
+sandclove Thank you. Sometimes I don't think of it as methodical so much as babbling to myself so that I can figure something out.
It’s really refreshing to see you working through the process of figuring out the best options! Thank you!
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You are The Best Teacher!!
I have learned so much from you: hand knitting & on the Bond/Ultimate Sweater Machine! And now, repairing!!
I should have looked for this video before now! If I practice a bit first, I might be able to repair some of my family vintage pieces (50-90 yrs)! Thank you so very much! God bless you! 🙏🏻💕🤗💕🙏🏻
I loved your video, and I learned a lot from it. I really need to watch others as I do not knit, I crochet. I am guessing fixing a hole in my crochet will be harder. Specially because it is so easy for the yarn to keep going and going when getting undone. I find that knitting in this case is way safer. I used to knit a long time ago, only beginning level. I always appreciated how it was safer to leave my knitting unattended, while leaving your crochet unattended would be disastrous. 4 kitties in the house so you must imagine! However I really like to crochet, I love making knots endlessly I guess. My son is almost 20 and I crocheted his baby blanket (that's how I started). It was then when I experimented with knitting but the granny who taught me wouldn't do knitting either and the book for knitting could only do but so much.
SimpleSencilla Glad this helped. Yes. Repairing crochet is more complicated, for me anyway. 4 kitties and yarn= string adventure.
Knitting with Cheryl Brunette haha :) thanks for your reply! I'd find it hard to do also, but you gave me the idea of incorporating a separate piece of yarn which would probably fix the issue much better, as soon as you find both ends of the yarn. You would need to join the yarn with the one that's in the direction of what you have to repair and crochet as if you were making the garment. The tricky part would be joining the bottom portion of the stitches which might require sewing with a tapestry needle. At the end and when you have both the end of the new yarn and the other broken end, it's a matter of also joining them together with a magic knot join (a russian join might be harder to do but it could work if you're willing to pull some of that yarn and fix it later).
This has got to be the best tutorial ever! I’m not a knitter but I do a lot of mending for my customers’s cashmeres. Thank you!
Gosh! Thank you 9gemini. I'm grateful this helps you repair sweaters. I'm very fond of mending myself.
loved it, and it was very brilliant of you to tear a swatch to simulate a photo of a real disaster. I'm new to knitting but I've learned a lot from you.
thanks again
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Wow, thank you so much for this video. Seeing a fix helps me recognize stitches, one from another. I am a self-taught knitter/Crocheter, and a sight learner with Aspergers. Holes in knitting are no longer scary!
You're welcome Ashton. I'm so glad this helped you, and thank you for watching and commenting.
Thanks for posting. I love watching a true craftsperson at work. I’ve got zero experience of knitting, but I do have a jumper with worn elbows I need to have a go at before consigning it to the fabric recycling pile (after the “professional” darning fell apart in seconds).
My next video will be to fix a HUGE hole that a puppy chewed into my son's sweater. It's worth saving. Keep an eye out for it.
I'm so very glad you worked through the problem without rehearsal! It was just as important to me to see you problem-solve as it was for me to see the actual solution.
Thanks Amy. I left that in on purpose. That's the sort of thing that builds confidence in less experienced knitters.
Absolutely a fascinating (and so informative) video. I love your approach of ‘don’t panic’; very encouraging for a beginner! 😄. I completed my first project from returning to this wonderful hobby of being away from it for 30 years. (Created a children’s hat) I made 3 mistakes: 2 holes from dropped stitches and a diagonal end from too much decreasing. After watching your repair video, I think I can go back and repair the holes and I’ll just bury the decreased diagonal in the seam. Much different approach than I used all those years ago. Back then I would have tore it all out and start3d over again. I’m much wiser now ... I’ll repair the mistakes if I can. If not, they will be the character built into my piece. I’m sure the child who receives the donation won’t care. She’ll just be happy to get a hat to keep her little head warm. And I was happy to knit her one without the cloud of perfection hanging over my head. Most valuable lesson learned. 💗
Thanks for this lovely comment Lynn, and congratulations on beating back the perfectionism beast.
Thank you so much! I'm a crocheter, not a knitter, so this is actually a wonderful video! Now I can start fixing holes in my favorite sweaters. I have 3 just hanging in the closet, lol!
I learned most of my knitting from your videos. All good but now that I know more, I’m super impressed with this one. Thank you, Cheryl!
You are so welcome. And thank you for this kind comment.
Finished my repair after watching your video. Thank you, it looks great and I can give it to my daughter on our visit this weekend. Thank you.
That's wonderful Rita. Congratulations. I'm sure your daughter will be grateful.
Your the greatest at teaching and explaining. When you almost made a mistake it helped me avoid the same thing, hopefully.
This is what I've been searching for. I have several very much beloved cardigan sweaters with a myriad of holes and/or runs (I'll be checking the video for runs next), and I have been unable to bring myself to toss them, but wasn't sure how to fix them properly.
My winter wardrobe is saved!
I liked that you thought this through as you did the video because ... it gave me the time to think it through for myself and when I came to the same conclusion you did, it gave me a little confidence boost that maybe I could do this. You must be very good at puzzles!!
Hello, This video is like a magic for me. I don't know much about knitting but my mother do. I'm gonna show her& I'm sure she'll be happy to watch it. Thank U for your precious work. Hugs for you ❤
You are so welcome!
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that repair gives me ideas for adding random accents to my knitting. and the grafting method is wonderful for all sorts of starting and finishing, thank you
YES!! It's like using embroidery to fill a hole in pair of jeans. And you are so welcome.
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My oma knitted me a jumper last year. I found two small holes in it today, not sure how they happened but I was devastated. I think this video might be my saviour!!!!
xoxo You might put the sweater inside a plastic bag and then into the freezer for a week just in case it's moth damage. The eggs are very tiny so they could still be embedded in the yarn. Good luck! I'm sure you'll do well.
Very good that you showed the process in actual time. That's real life. We don't get to edit things as we're problem solving. A thing that occured to me was how to tell the original direction of knitting. Maybe you cover elsewhere. That is next up, in my mind, to learn. Thank you.
One clue is to look at the edge stitches and see which way they point. Also, pattern stitches like ribbing are easy to identify. Stockinette looks the same going up or down.
@@CherylBrunetteTV Ohhh....helpful already. I've had your "Sweater 101" book for years. Getting closer to the time that I "think" that I can manage this feat. :) Thank you.
Loved this video! Very concise and easy to follow directions.
Thank you so much for this! I had finished my first sweater and was weaving in ends but on one section I accidentally weaves out the ends! It was a section where I had joined in another yarn. So when I weaves the ends out it created a hole and then 2 end strings. I literally spent 10 hours trying to fix it and frustrated. I watched this video and fixed it within an hour. Thank you soooooo much!!!
This was an amazing video. I appreciate the fact that you problem-solved as you went along. I have a sock-monkey my 97 year old aunt gave me when I was 10 years old. Mice got to it and began eating part of the legs and tail. Although the weaving is very small and tight, I think this video will help me reweave the portions destroyed.
That is great Holly. Let me know how it goes. You can post a photo on my Cheryl Brunette, Knitting Teacher on Facebook.
Cheryl I was amazed at how you fixed that hole! I would of sewed the ends together and call it a slop job, I am new to knitting. :-) I subscribed to your channel, but I am not sure if you are still on YT????? I doubt if I'll be mending anything, but it's a pleasure to see someone that really knows her craft! Kudos to you!!!! :-) Great job!!!!
+Claire Bacchi Thank you. Yes I'm still on TH-cam but I had a long hiatus as we built my new studio on my property (lovely and modest) and are still finishing it. There is still no hard electricity run, for example. And I'm still not entirely happy with the long shot but I'm closing in on it. It's my vanity. :)
I appreciate seeing the whole process, including the problem solving. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you Mari. I think that's one of the most important things for a teacher to do . . . to show the stumbles. I think it gives people confidence. We live in such a "have to do it perfectly" the first time society that it stops people from exploring and making "mistakes" along the way and without them one can never grow in her or his skills.
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Thank you for such a clear and thorough explanation. I will not be afraid to conquer holes in my knitting now!!
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Usually I resent then skip long how-to vids as we have limited data out here in the boonies and towards the end of our monthly plan you can bet on a lot of buffering stoppages and starts as we get put in internet jail (slow speed) until the next pay period.
In this case, I hung in there and learned so much from your vid; thank you x 3!! I was comforted, too by the hand work you did as it reminded me of the hand mending I do.....loving it, also....sewing needle and thread and a cute thimble. I do knit and crochet, btw.
And, guess what? Our hair-dos are exactly alike! You're prettier than I am, though! LOL!!
Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!
I love your demonstration trying to make it as realistic as possible. You are am amazing teacher. Thank you so much
I love the first step: Don't panic: no one is spurting blood. There's no flames coming out from the top of your stove. It's just a hole.
Heather Lane : D
So glad you had the first two suggestions
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Very clearly shown, thank you! Maybe now I can deal with my three sweaters and their various holes with calmness. And nice harp playing (I’m a harper!)
Thank you so much ! I have done this so many times, but not knowing really how and having an OK result, not perfect like yours! Im going on to watch the rest of your videos!
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first time male watching knit wear repair, how amazing to come to join your channel
Welcome. Knowing how to repair something is a skill for all genders.
On one hand this video made my stomach hurt with anxiety 😣 on the other, it was so satisfying to watch! 😁 i kinda wish you'd used a matching yarn so that we could see how perfect the repair was done, or rather, how invisible it would have been. 😊 thanks for sharing
I hadn't even thought to do a sample with the same yarn, but I can assure you, it's invisible. :D
Thank you for a very thorough and lovely presentation. This will surely be helpful in my future attempt to repair a hole on a knit.
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@@CherylBrunetteTV My pleasure and Happy New Year!
This is THE BEST video ever. You're such a clear teacher!
Well thank you very much for this kind comment Eleanor!
Wow this is very helpful I need to fix my wife’s sweater so this will be helpful
Great to hear!
she Literally has the best INSTRUCTION ever. I refer to her videos a lot. thank you . bless you
Well Garden Glory, you are are very kind. Thank you and you are most welcome.
Wow, that was awesome! I'm so glad that I waited until I started knitting before I fixed my sweater. Thank you so much ♥
Late here, but I love that you are human and can make mistakes. You are very good at your tutotials. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this! I thought my favourite sweater was toast, but thanks to you I was able to repair it! You're the best!
What a fantastic video tutorial you have made Cheryl! Perfectly clear and very well explained too. Thanks for posting this!
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My goodness! I don't knit, but I can watch your magic for hours! If we have a degree in knitting, you should have a Ph.D.! Thanks for the impressive video. Now, I have to find another easier way to fix my sweater...
You are very kind.
Thanks , Cheryl, for a very patient explanation on how to repair a mishap on a knitted item. How would you repair the cast on row that accidentally ripped when stretched. It's also difficult to see exactly each stitch because the yarn is a type of boucle.
Thanks.
You are welcome Susie. Sorry, but there's no way I can answer your question because there is no set answer. Every repair is an exercise in problem solving. What kind of a cast on is it? How big is the "tear"? Is it vertical, horizontal? How many threads were broken? Etc.
Wow! That was truly amazing and a video I will definitely refer back to. I liked the way you showed how you problem solved while repairing the hole. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This was totally amazing. I am going try to repair a hole in one of my favorite store bought sweaters.....thank you
You are so welcome. I'm glad you're willing to try it, and thank you for watching and commenting.
I am fascinated that you still have your mother’s stitch holders. I think that is beautiful. I would love to still have something of my mother’s to use that way. Do you know where we might purchase some like this? Perhaps Hobby Lobby? Thank you for this video!!!❤
A quick Amazon search gave me these. Lots of different sizes for a good price. www.amazon.com/Knitting-Aluminum-Holders-Crocheting-Practical/dp/B0C438GG86/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=stitch+holders+for+knitting&qid=1700349761&sr=8-1 And you are so welcome for the video. I'm glad if it helps you.
Thank you so much for this video. With your help I was able to fix a hole in my favorite cardigan.
Cheryl, thank you so much. You are so clear and calm and I love learning the repair skills.
Barbara Blair You are so welcome Barbara and thank you for taking the time to comment so kindly.
In this age of knit sneakers, Adidas primeknits and Nike flyknits need this type of repair. Thank you for making this video ma’am, couldn’t find a solution for my sneakers!
You are so welcome! I'm glad this will help.
Thanks for the excellent method. But the hole that I have to mend is four times that size, many rows. I have been putting it off for months and now I'm starting with it. Feels like I have to perform heart surgery.
Linda . . . I have, for the most part, stopped making knitting videos, but I think a class is needed in how to repair a large hole. I was away from home recently and took some mending with me. I have a big hole in a garter piece and I could not find any good guidance on line and I looked like crazy. I don't want to duplicate anything that is already available, but I think this might be a subject that needs some in-depth treatment.
This was such a helpful problem solving video. Thank you for the detail and the excellent explanations of why you were taking the steps along the way.
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That's how I weave my ends in! You're the only other person that I've seen that does that!
I've got the "saved live stitches" on needles, but I have to recreate stitches for 3 missing rows (judging by the strands running horizontally above and below the saved stitches. However, these strands are broken strands and not all that long, so I don't think I can use them for the crochet-hook stitch retrieval process. Perhaps I can create new horizontal strands to use with similar yarn?
I generally build the stitches with a tapestry needle from the bottom up, then I work in all the extra yarn ends in a way that anchors the new work to the old. I have a gigantic hole I need to fix right now and am exploring alternatives. I think I'm going to have to make a patch and sew it on.
Thank you so much, Cheryl. Your video was very helpful and clear. Now, off to fix the hole in my knitting (first-time-ever repair). :)
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wow! I am so impressed! I've had these very same woes, and never new this could be fixed. Thank you
You are so welcome Willow Dawn. Isn't it great that they can be fixed?
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Excellent work done. I appreciate your expertise and patience 👍
Thank you for this kind comment.