Visible Mending Workshop with Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou by Arounna Khounnoraj of bookhou

CBTV | 2 hours 51 min

Visible Mending Workshop with Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou
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Arounna Khounnoraj of bookhou

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Explore Visible Mending with Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou in this three hour workshop. We all have that favorite pair of jeans or a well-loved sweater that we keep putting on no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the movement against throw-away culture and fast fashion, learn how to pick up a needle and rediscover the forgotten techniques and the joy of mending. Arounna covers the techniques of weave mending, seed stitch and scotch darning, and different methods of patching woven fabrics from both the front and back.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Tools

Scissors and thread snips
A variety pack of needles including sashiko and sharps for wovens and darning needles for weaving and working with knits. A variety of lengths and widths gives the most flexibility.
Mending mushroom (exclusively made by Bookhou) but you can also use a wooden ladel or spoon, a tennis ball, or darning form you already have (darning egg, mushroom, etc.)
Seam ripper
Paper glue stick like UHU
Needle threader with hook
Curved safety pins
Appliqué pins

Materials

For patching: scraps of fabric in the same weight and fabric type as your garment, make sure the patch is at least 1" wider on all sides than the hole you're patching.
Sockweight yarn – wool/nylon blend for strength and flex, such as these m ini skeins
For woven mends: threads such as DMC tapestry wool, ScanFil's mending wool, Appleton’s crewel work wool, Sashiko thread, DMC perle cotton size 8 or mohair / mohair blend fingering weight yarn. Arounna does not recommend embroidery floss as it separates creating weak mends.

Other useful mending videos and techniques on Creativebug:

Heidi Parkes' How to Tie a Quilters Knot
Cal Patch’s How to Mend Clothing which covers darning with crochet, traditional darning, and patches
Lisa Solomon’s Sashiko Sewing class and Japanese Sashiko Daily Practice
Melissa Lang Lytle's Mending With Wool Felt which covers needle felting and patches