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Heh. I recently repaired my Icebreaker dress. First repair looked awful, so I pulled the stitches as well as possible. Then I put a double layer of pantyhose knit behind the holes and did as possible with baseball stitch. Imperfect thread match, ended up embroidering over it. Maybe I should try finding floss to match my Icebreaker garments before anything else happens?Now I am looking at a load of new hiking socks that are stretchy and smooth. It's a shame to wear them with my old gumboots, but a at least they won't sag down like my farm socks. It's good to see a company standing behind their products like this... Just a shame their lifetime guarantee doesn't apply to their merino tops and leggings as I have some interestingly darned sets of these.
As far as I know, "Darn tough" brand socks has a guarantee, as well.that is very cool. I had no idea that they guarantee their socks
Very impressive - baseball stitch eh? A sailmaker once did a repair for me; same stitch, different name.Heh. I recently repaired my Icebreaker dress. First repair looked awful, so I pulled the stitches as well as possible. Then I put a double layer of pantyhose knit behind the holes and did as possible with baseball stitch. Imperfect thread match, ended up embroidering over it. Maybe I should try finding floss to match my Icebreaker garments before anything else happens?
We've always called this the Frankinstien stitch, for obvious reasons, but it's a good way to bring the pieces of a gap back together before weaving over them to make a smooth darn, or as @Texas Walker has done a feature embroidery.Very impressive - baseball stitch eh? A sailmaker once did a repair for me; same stitch, different name.
Very resourceful! I identify with that!Heh. I recently repaired my Icebreaker dress. First repair looked awful, so I pulled the stitches as well as possible. Then I put a double layer of pantyhose knit behind the holes and did as possible with baseball stitch. Imperfect thread match, ended up embroidering over it. Maybe I should try finding floss to match my Icebreaker garments before anything else happens?
Feetures does the same. I have done it without issue.that is very cool. I had no idea that they guarantee their socks
What your Grandma would have done out of necessity - darn it!Darning??? What the h--- is that??
What your Grandma would have done out of necessity - darn it!
Ballet dancers have to do it to their pointe shoes too
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A disappearing skill. I got my first pair of Levis when I was 14 still had them 5 years later but my mother wouldn't let me wear them because two holes had appeared "between the legs".Ha ha, my mother actually did it and tried to teach me how. (I suppose I am older than I look). While I love to sew, I never felt the need to crank out the repairs needed for a hole in a pair of socks when new ones are inexpensive. I avoid wearing them whenever possible anyway! Oops - that is NON-hiking socks that have to stand up to 800 km!
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