I thought I'd record the basic steps of darning, while I'm at the early stages of darning this ragged wool blanket.
Basic darning is simple.
2. Stitch around the hole, to help firm up the surrounding area. Then, starting on firm fabric, weave lines with your needle in and out of the original weave, and across the hole. These are the stationery warp threads.
3. Weave the other direction, going over-and-under your first lines--these are the weft threads.
Warp and weft are weaving terms, and essentially you are using your needle to re-weaving the fabric.
That's it!
It does take some care to make smooth and even darns, especially working with raggedy edges and holes. Luckily perfection is not the goal, and you can see I am not near it, but the darns are functional, and, I think, interesting for the eye.
Basic darning is simple.
1. Find a hole.
2. Stitch around the hole, to help firm up the surrounding area. Then, starting on firm fabric, weave lines with your needle in and out of the original weave, and across the hole. These are the stationery warp threads.
3. Weave the other direction, going over-and-under your first lines--these are the weft threads.
Warp and weft are weaving terms, and essentially you are using your needle to re-weaving the fabric.
That's it!
It does take some care to make smooth and even darns, especially working with raggedy edges and holes. Luckily perfection is not the goal, and you can see I am not near it, but the darns are functional, and, I think, interesting for the eye.
