Thanks for having me on the podcast, Evie! I'm thinking a little too fast for my mouth to work at times, but I was glad to be able to share what I do with you and your audience. I loved the patch you made on that sweater! I do, unfortunately, have some clothes I bought directly from Shein, but like you said, they do a good job at being size inclusive. Even if their sweaters don't last long, I intend to reuse the ones I have even if that means I have to unravel them for the yarn and knit something else up.
I feel that buying clothing that was manufactured with warn spots and holes misses the hole 😉point. If you ware something until it has naturally acquired holes. It is supper comfortable. If you ware something until it has holes. Then make some decorative patches. You suddenly have a super comfortable one of a kind, fashionable item. That is basically free.
Awesome! - I've been darning socks for my husband and I for years, just to keep them useful and out of the landfill for longer. I use the teeniest of my steel crochet hooks to winkle pulled loops of yarn to the inside of a sweater, where they can be sewn down. And my daughter is an ardent hiker and requests Darn Tough socks for Christmas every year. Congratulations on hitting so many of my buttons! and thanks for the video.
I love these types of videos Evie! Recently, I helped a non-sewer friend do a heap of mending on her clothes (and other items). These were top quality garments, and she was thinking of binning them. I said nooooo!!!!!!! A stitch in time certainly DOES save nine!!!
As a factory machine operator, and a knitting/fibers art enthusiast, the segment with Jessie was absolutely fascinating. So cool to see how the industrial knitting process works there, I will definitely be checking out darn tough socks!
Eve I want to say thank you for not only all the spinning help but also for your bright and sunny personality. Listening to you always lifts my spirits. May you have a wonderful week.
I have an expensive linen tshirt I bought from JJill that has very yhin string. It cannot take cats ir dogs jumping on it so it has multiple pinholes and larger. I decided to hand stitch the holes closed with a running stitch or a whip stitch. I left the snipped end visible. I love the way it looks and I continue to mend it after each dog jump or cat pinhole. I will continue doing this until all of the shirt becomes sewing thread. Now I have a pair if jeans yo patch from my two pups jumping up and grabbing me with their teeth. I cannot wait to do a Japanese style patch.
I am Gypsy (lol obviously by the name) and patches are paramount to our culture. Many of our garments are patched together , remnants of Grandmas dress cut into squares or uncles coat cut in the squares that way everyone gets a piece of that beloved fabric that walked with our loved one for so many years. I love that it is coming back into fashion ❤
great episode. I am testing how many years of wear I can get from a pair of second hand cargo pants, After four years, several areas have now been sashiko mended, , the pants are proudly worn on average 20 hours a week, I am hoping to get to 10 years at least.
as someone who works in a secondhand store, daily i see so many piles and piles of clothes that don't sell get sent to recycle & landfill or overseas. i just can't believe so many clothes exist!!!
When my kids were babies, I darned their hand-me-down wool tights. My darning egg was a light bulb. 😁 Now I use a small Kolibri loom. I often adorn my clothes darning with embroidery, buttons, and ribbons. My favorite linen dress has a flower pot shaped patch with antique buttons as flowers and embroidered stems.
the visible mending section is so interesting! it never would have occurred to me that there was such thing as a darning loom, but it looks like it makes darning so much easier
Here from Bernadette Banner's channel. SOO happy to find a sock company I feel good investing in!! Can't wait to check them out! Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas this year!! The pictures were INCREDIBLE!! How cool!! Cheers to you both!
That was awesome! I loved it all. It was especially nice seeing and hearing about the Darn Tough socks. AND, I adore the fact that you didn’t go for a perfectly symmetrical visible patch. ❤❤❤
I own 6 pairs of darn tough socks, three different weights, I hike, work and beat them up and have yet to wear them out in 4 years. I have hiked over 900 miles in my hiking pair ( not all at once) the only people I hear of wearing them out is thur hikers. Pacific crest trail type hiking, over 2000 miles.
I was looking at the darning looms here a while back. I’d love this. I totally agree the holes in clothes should be earned. I only started patching after I learned how long it takes to make clothes; if I’m going to spend that much time on something, I want it to last!
My mom REFUSED to purchase any clothes that had holes already in them. I had to earn my holes. And I have a few pairs that I no longer fit in because they are holey and are now filled with memories.
I love your patched shirt. I have started adding woven patches to my cardigans so I can use them longer. I haven't thought to use my handspun, a thought for next time.
I love extending the wear of my clothing by patching. Most of the time, I am darning my socks, but occasionally, I will patch a pair of pants or even a shirt.
Thankfully I have a few friends who are also patch people and farmers so we try and admire each other's visible mends 😊 I don't think I'd be very happy surrounded by people who were fashionistas that looked down on mended clothes 😬
For the Q & A section, Rachel might skip buying a swift and just put her skeins over the back of a kitchen table chair (or the like) and use the chair back to hold her yarn while she winds a ball. And while I recognize this isn't exact, my arms have always been my knitty knotty! I hold them comfortably apart and wind from my wheel into the crook between my thumb and forefinger in such a way that the yarn forms an open circular skein shape. It could be that if she lives in a tiny college apartment, she might have a tiny budget for spinning as well! And one more thing -- just in case she isn't using the space under her bed, she could stuff a lot of fiber under there. paula
I have an original cotton dress ca. 1860, that has a lining patched together from five completely different (but similar color) fabrics. A friend has a WWI issue print shirt that has been carefully pieced in four places, with the pattern carefully matched-and done before initial construction. It’s fascinating how frugal our forebears were with fabric
I haven't gotten very brave with my visible mending, but there was a crocheted doll that my mom had as a kid and I ended up with. I recently took it apart and washed it, replaced the styrofoam base with batting, and did some visible mending by replacing the missing leg with a new one in yarn that wasn't a perfect match to the other legs but matched the overall colors of the doll. I think it's looks so good and is much more huggable now! I'm feeling more encouraged to fix some of my old garments with holes with some patches now, though!
seeing that sock factory was so much fun. I love that kind of stuff. There is. Mill in New Bedford Massachusetts that is now shops but they still have some of the old machinery from when it was a textile factory
i love spinning on a spindle and i want to improve my technique as well as my options for things i can do with my singles. I am so jealous of all the fun ways of plying and colour-play that can be done on a wheel and I was wondering if I can also do them on my spindles ?? just looking to do something a bit different to my regular two ply from a center pull ball. Is there a way to do three ply or even fractal spins on a spindle. Thanks, love your podcast ❤
QUESTION: How do I spin a strong thin yarn (thread really lol) without overspinning it. I'm making small batches of fine thread with little bits of wool, I am using the lightest spindle I have and I, either overspin or it falls apart. By the way, Your Awesome.
QUESTION! From where do you get your linen fabric? I think your dress is wonderful. I wear a lot of linen and would like to sew more of my own separates, but my local fabric store has a very limited inventory … and what it does have, I’m not crazy about. Thanks! And I’ve been patching jeans for as long as I can remember. My grandmother was very detailed about how to do that so that it would last. And then I had a little boy and all I did, it seemed, was patch the knees of his pants 🤣🪡🧵
Loved the behind the scenes of the sock factory. I have never repaired a pair of socks before but I have a pair that I knitted, and they are starting to wear out. So I think I'm going to try my hand at mending them.
Love the colorwork hat! Question- for the little mending loom could you add beads? Seems like that could be a really fun way to embellish mending! I'm really enjoying the podcast, thanks for reviving this I look forward to each episode!
Ahh I always have a distaste for fast fashion, and try to buy from thrift stores if I'm not making the clothing from scratch. A project I'm thinking about making is a patchwork robe, inspired by Bilbo's. I've saved so many jeans that have been outgrown and scrape fabric just for such a project. Darned embroidery work is also something I want to start incorporating in some of my most loved hand-me-downs I've acquired. A particular sweater needs a patch so why not make it over the top?
Clothes that used to be soft like T's have become increasingly scratchy. I still have a Tshirt from 1995 that's still soft and wears well. I'm autistic and I can't handle scratchy things as underclothes and layering items so I've actually been wearing and sewing my own Buckskin dresses from my Choctaw heritage! It's got no seams and is both cooling and warm. Problem solved!
What a great array of topics, the time flew by! That sock factory was an eye-opener. As a very new spinner, your channel is one of the first I've found, so I'm slowly checking out various episodes. I really love the way you explain things and how you clearly show what you are doing...thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I'm taking this episode as a forceful hint - my husband's woollen jumper has been sitting around, begging for some holes to be mended, I may have to give visible mending a try today. Thanks again.
love your podcast, it is my "pecher mignon" (treat) after work. that loom is genius...I wonder if you could make determined shapes with it. anyway I hope I win it...I'm prepared to pay for shipping if need be since I am in Canada
I've been patching my clothes, and then my kids clothes for almost 40 years now. This little loom has been on my radar for a minute now. Fantastic giveaway! Good luck to all!
I've stopped purchasing clothing this year and have only bought necessary items (underwear and something to wear to a specific event that I did not have appropriate clothing for). My goal is to start making all of my own clothing (even underwear!) except for socks and tights. I love the idea of learning how to mend socks because my husband absolutely runs through them.
Your guest was wonderful! Great presentation, Jessy! Every time I watch your channel, i know I am going to learn something new. Never thought patches could be so much fun!
I’m so looking forward to the spindle videos. I’m also finding it so much more complicated than it seems on every video… and then my hands cramp (which is rude and gives me a whole new level of respect for my great-grandma, who could do all of this so easily). Thank you Evie for helping me rekindle family traditions! I think this is so cool 🥰
Thank you for answering the questions of last time! I'm really looking forward to your upcoming videos about spinning because I can learn something new every time! 😍
It's so awesome that you interviewed someone from a knitting factory! I've never met anyone with that job, so it's cool to put a face to the work. I love my darning loom! I have one of the metal ones like the one pictured on the magazine cover. I love how sliding the hooks side-to-side allows me to alternatively lift different warp threads. It does stink being limited to one warp size, though. Despite occasionally sewing / upholstering her own home furnishings, my mom's perspective on mending is different from mine, since I studied sustainability in college and have a community of people who love doing sustainable crafts and mending, but for her, having to mend things sometimes feels like a reminder that she can't afford to buy new, and she hates it. I've offered to mend things for her, excited to practice something I preach, and she's refused, feeling frustrated at the frequency of the need. I understand it, but I feel like it's a bit of a generational wall between us!
I was just watching Picard with my family before watching this and one of the characters made a reference to kintsugi (an incorrect reference lol). I love the idea of visible repairs, I’m just not super imaginative with them.
QUESTION: I've seen a number of your videos where you spin on a handheld spindle without a distaff. You often have the bottom end of the spindle with the whorl against your hip and you neither drop the spindle nor fully support it. What is this called and where can I learn to do it?
I love Darn Tough as a company and have many of their socks! I’ve just been getting back into embroidery and thinking of some fun ideas for visible mending!
It's always a good day when I get a notification for one of your new videos! I loved your story about the accidental yarn festival. Truth be told I had a similar experience. I went to my local yarn store to show my husband my new hobby and the shop owner informed me that there is a fiber show 3 blocks down! It was great to see local makers. This was my first show ever and it happened by complete accident! Now I go there on purpose! Fiber arts are the best 🧶
Hi Evie, great video with a lot of excellent information! I have been wondering how to use one of those little menders and I have some well worn and earned “holey” jeans I love and want visible patches and mending! I enjoyed the interview as well, the socks look amazing and seeing how they are made was very interesting. The curiosities show is a favorite as well and it comes around in Chicago too, it is a lot of fun! Thank you for a terrific podcast!
I started a mending and darning project 2 days ago. This vidéo was a great background while working and inspiration for othermending and darning projects =D
It's been great to see you podcasting again! I've done a few visible mending patches on some of my handknits; some socks as well as a favorite cardigan of mine. But I've never used any kind of loom for them.
I really could use the patching loom on all of my barn jeans. My goats and horses would see my classy patches and smile with delight! Thanks for sharing a fun video.
I buy a lot from thredup and some items can come worn so I'm really looking into visible mending, my kiddos have gotten really into it as well, we have been looking up shapes and decorations we can mend in. I love the idea that they hope for the need to mend. My younger is looking forward to inheriting her older sister's butterfly jeans and I have been saving scraps for my eldest to work together on a colorful rainbow for something in the future!
I have a couple of speedweves that I use pretty inexpertly. Sometimes it just doesn't work though and the where I put the yarn through just makes a bigger hole.
Thank you for this podcast. I am one who finds drafting difficult and I think maybe I do hang onto the fibre too hard. I will try that next time. I am a big fan of visible mending. 😀❤
So I belong to a fiber group that let it's members borrow/rent equipment and I was able to get my hands on a drum carder to see how I liked it prior to buying. It was great to try out different brands and tpi cloths and all the some things!!! Maybe see if there is an organization local to you that has this option so you can try thing out first...
Very smart to recycle & save textiles. That is one cool little darning loom. Very interesting. Your long hair looks great! Thanks for all the informative and fun videos!
This was such a perfectly timed video, I was just sitting here trying to resist the urge to do some visible mending instead of finishing one of my trillion WIPs! I'm not sure how you read my mind, but I'm not mad
Great content! this little loom is the cutest thing and I'm very excited for the upcoming videos about spindles since I also am a crafter with small space 😆
When darning I have always just attached my warp to the top and bottom edges of the hole and then attach on each side as I complete the weft. This was how I learned to darn from my mother. However trying this mending loom does seem intriguing 🙂
I really enjoy your videos. It makes me want to run out and get all the supplies to get started. I especially like how realistic you are with the methods and equipment. Keep it up!! 😊
Good reminder to get around to darning my socks this weekend! Darning loons do look like they would speed up the process but maybe I just need more practise!
I have a small loom and was a bit iffy as to how to use it. Seeing you demonstrate it really helped me to see how it worked. Thank you for all your videos. I have learned so much.
I loved hearing about darning and visible mending! I tried to darn a pair of jeans a little while ago, without a small loom, and by basically winging it, and to say it did not go well is an understatement 😂 i guess the darn wasnt too bad itself, but what was worse is i did the entire wrong spot! Haha love the podcast, cant wait to see more!
I was always taught that having visible holes in your clothing meant that you were so poor you had to wear rags. I find the 'fashion' trend of clothing with holes to be rather abhorrent.
I absolutely love your videos and tutorials. I'm over the moon that your going to be doing more spindle videos! I can't wait to see them and share them with a few friends who find my wool obsession interesting and want to give it a go to without dropping a bunch of money on the "big" equipment. Spindles are my preferred method for beginners since it takes up no space and you can control every aspect of it easier then most wheels and espinners. That's just my preference
I got a similar one to the cover of Spin Off but I have not used it yet. I want to be able to patch or re-enforce the knees to my son's pants. He put holes there fast. I tried sewing in a patch last fall but it did not look that nice and it was for his school pants. I hope I can do better this year.
Since I have been knitting my own socks, I have been fascenated with the little looms that are used to darn holes in socks. In the 1950's, the British had a loom that is similar to the ones you sell in your shop. I have my great grandmothers' darning egg, which I cherish. However, I have been searching for a device to help with the darnning process. It is good to know you have them in your shop.
Hi LadyWiggin! Thanks for watching, fiber friend. I'm commenting to tell you that you won the mending loom giveaway! (Yes this is really Evie telling you that you won! Here's a ball of yarn and sheep emoji to prove it 🧶🐑) Your name will be announced as the winner in the next podcast on my channel. It will be published on October 1st. To claim your loom, please send me an e-mail with your information so I can send it to you. My email is Evie@JillianEve.com or you can click directly on the email listed for the JillianEve channel. Happy spinning!
Another great podcast! Thanks so much! I’m getting back to using my drop spindle. After a great meeting with other spindles in the DunnSpun TourdeFleece team (on WAFA), I’ve decided to dive into a Turkish spindle!
I’m also of the mindset that holey, distressed clothing also needs to be earned 😅 (I have some clothes that were made to look distressed, but I got them secondhand-I’ve always been frugal and loved thrift shops). I love the idea of embroidering the mending, and I have clothes that need it, but I get bogged down by the planning. I want to add like…bouquets of flowers as the mending. As fir questions about spinning….how do you avoid over spinning? Or how do you know when you have enough twist? I have a spindle, and I’m parking and drafting….if I want to ply, do I need more twist?
Thanks for having me on the podcast, Evie! I'm thinking a little too fast for my mouth to work at times, but I was glad to be able to share what I do with you and your audience.
I loved the patch you made on that sweater! I do, unfortunately, have some clothes I bought directly from Shein, but like you said, they do a good job at being size inclusive. Even if their sweaters don't last long, I intend to reuse the ones I have even if that means I have to unravel them for the yarn and knit something else up.
Thank you so much for joining me and sharing your work! I'm wearing my socks right now and I love them! 🦉💜
@@JillianEve They're darn good socks! ;)
I feel that buying clothing that was manufactured with warn spots and holes misses the hole 😉point. If you ware something until it has naturally acquired holes. It is supper comfortable. If you ware something until it has holes. Then make some decorative patches. You suddenly have a super comfortable one of a kind, fashionable item. That is basically free.
Awesome! - I've been darning socks for my husband and I for years, just to keep them useful and out of the landfill for longer. I use the teeniest of my steel crochet hooks to winkle pulled loops of yarn to the inside of a sweater, where they can be sewn down. And my daughter is an ardent hiker and requests Darn Tough socks for Christmas every year.
Congratulations on hitting so many of my buttons! and thanks for the video.
Haha! We are on the same wavelength! 😄🧶🧦💜
I love these types of videos Evie!
Recently, I helped a non-sewer friend do a heap of mending on her clothes (and other items). These were top quality garments, and she was thinking of binning them.
I said nooooo!!!!!!!
A stitch in time certainly DOES save nine!!!
As a factory machine operator, and a knitting/fibers art enthusiast, the segment with Jessie was absolutely fascinating. So cool to see how the industrial knitting process works there, I will definitely be checking out darn tough socks!
Glad you enjoyed it! I was equally fascinated! 💜😊
Eve I want to say thank you for not only all the spinning help but also for your bright and sunny personality. Listening to you always lifts my spirits. May you have a wonderful week.
Thank you so much. Happy spinning to you! 💜
I have an expensive linen tshirt I bought from JJill that has very yhin string. It cannot take cats ir dogs jumping on it so it has multiple pinholes and larger. I decided to hand stitch the holes closed with a running stitch or a whip stitch. I left the snipped end visible. I love the way it looks and I continue to mend it after each dog jump or cat pinhole. I will continue doing this until all of the shirt becomes sewing thread. Now I have a pair if jeans yo patch from my two pups jumping up and grabbing me with their teeth. I cannot wait to do a Japanese style patch.
I am Gypsy (lol obviously by the name) and patches are paramount to our culture. Many of our garments are patched together , remnants of Grandmas dress cut into squares or uncles coat cut in the squares that way everyone gets a piece of that beloved fabric that walked with our loved one for so many years. I love that it is coming back into fashion ❤
I actually just got a speedweve loom to fix the inner thighs on my pants and shorts it worked beautifully even though I'm a very new fiber artist.
great episode. I am testing how many years of wear I can get from a pair of second hand cargo pants, After four years, several areas have now been sashiko mended, , the pants are proudly worn on average 20 hours a week, I am hoping to get to 10 years at least.
as someone who works in a secondhand store, daily i see so many piles and piles of clothes that don't sell get sent to recycle & landfill or overseas. i just can't believe so many clothes exist!!!
When my kids were babies, I darned their hand-me-down wool tights. My darning egg was a light bulb. 😁 Now I use a small Kolibri loom. I often adorn my clothes darning with embroidery, buttons, and ribbons.
My favorite linen dress has a flower pot shaped patch with antique buttons as flowers and embroidered stems.
I would be so scared I would set it down on the couch and then sit on the lightbulb and get glass stuck in my sock! You are brave! 😂
Sustainable brands should be for all, not for the elite. I love the history you share here. Thanks 🎉
So true!
the visible mending section is so interesting! it never would have occurred to me that there was such thing as a darning loom, but it looks like it makes darning so much easier
It really helped! I want to put patches on everything now! 😂
Here from Bernadette Banner's channel. SOO happy to find a sock company I feel good investing in!! Can't wait to check them out! Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas this year!!
The pictures were INCREDIBLE!! How cool!!
Cheers to you both!
Welcome! 🧦💖😊
That was awesome! I loved it all. It was especially nice seeing and hearing about the Darn Tough socks. AND, I adore the fact that you didn’t go for a perfectly symmetrical visible patch. ❤❤❤
I own 6 pairs of darn tough socks, three different weights, I hike, work and beat them up and have yet to wear them out in 4 years. I have hiked over 900 miles in my hiking pair ( not all at once) the only people I hear of wearing them out is thur hikers. Pacific crest trail type hiking, over 2000 miles.
I was looking at the darning looms here a while back. I’d love this.
I totally agree the holes in clothes should be earned. I only started patching after I learned how long it takes to make clothes; if I’m going to spend that much time on something, I want it to last!
My mom REFUSED to purchase any clothes that had holes already in them. I had to earn my holes. And I have a few pairs that I no longer fit in because they are holey and are now filled with memories.
I love your patched shirt. I have started adding woven patches to my cardigans so I can use them longer. I haven't thought to use my handspun, a thought for next time.
I love extending the wear of my clothing by patching. Most of the time, I am darning my socks, but occasionally, I will patch a pair of pants or even a shirt.
Thankfully I have a few friends who are also patch people and farmers so we try and admire each other's visible mends 😊 I don't think I'd be very happy surrounded by people who were fashionistas that looked down on mended clothes 😬
For the Q & A section, Rachel might skip buying a swift and just put her skeins over the back of a kitchen table chair (or the like) and use the chair back to hold her yarn while she winds a ball. And while I recognize this isn't exact, my arms have always been my knitty knotty! I hold them comfortably apart and wind from my wheel into the crook between my thumb and forefinger in such a way that the yarn forms an open circular skein shape. It could be that if she lives in a tiny college apartment, she might have a tiny budget for spinning as well! And one more thing -- just in case she isn't using the space under her bed, she could stuff a lot of fiber under there. paula
I have an original cotton dress ca. 1860, that has a lining patched together from five completely different (but similar color) fabrics. A friend has a WWI issue print shirt that has been carefully pieced in four places, with the pattern carefully matched-and done before initial construction. It’s fascinating how frugal our forebears were with fabric
What treasures you both have!
I haven't gotten very brave with my visible mending, but there was a crocheted doll that my mom had as a kid and I ended up with. I recently took it apart and washed it, replaced the styrofoam base with batting, and did some visible mending by replacing the missing leg with a new one in yarn that wasn't a perfect match to the other legs but matched the overall colors of the doll. I think it's looks so good and is much more huggable now! I'm feeling more encouraged to fix some of my old garments with holes with some patches now, though!
What an adorable make-over for your precious doll! 💜
I just stumbled on your channel and as a sock nerd, this was an incredible introduction to your videos. Looking forward to more in the future!!
seeing that sock factory was so much fun. I love that kind of stuff. There is. Mill in New Bedford Massachusetts that is now shops but they still have some of the old machinery from when it was a textile factory
I would love to tour that some day. The old machinery is fascinating!
i love spinning on a spindle and i want to improve my technique as well as my options for things i can do with my singles. I am so jealous of all the fun ways of plying and colour-play that can be done on a wheel and I was wondering if I can also do them on my spindles ?? just looking to do something a bit different to my regular two ply from a center pull ball. Is there a way to do three ply or even fractal spins on a spindle. Thanks, love your podcast ❤
Great question!
I always appreciate a good conversation about sustainable fashion! This is a topic we all have to make more noise about until change is actually had!
Absolutely!
QUESTION: How do I spin a strong thin yarn (thread really lol) without overspinning it. I'm making small batches of fine thread with little bits of wool, I am using the lightest spindle I have and I, either overspin or it falls apart.
By the way, Your Awesome.
QUESTION! From where do you get your linen fabric? I think your dress is wonderful. I wear a lot of linen and would like to sew more of my own separates, but my local fabric store has a very limited inventory … and what it does have, I’m not crazy about. Thanks! And I’ve been patching jeans for as long as I can remember. My grandmother was very detailed about how to do that so that it would last. And then I had a little boy and all I did, it seemed, was patch the knees of his pants 🤣🪡🧵
I've been having a darn tough time getting motivated to patch my knits, so thank you for this thread of inspiration:)!
Loved the behind the scenes of the sock factory. I have never repaired a pair of socks before but I have a pair that I knitted, and they are starting to wear out. So I think I'm going to try my hand at mending them.
Happy mending!
Love the colorwork hat! Question- for the little mending loom could you add beads? Seems like that could be a really fun way to embellish mending! I'm really enjoying the podcast, thanks for reviving this I look forward to each episode!
Ahh I always have a distaste for fast fashion, and try to buy from thrift stores if I'm not making the clothing from scratch.
A project I'm thinking about making is a patchwork robe, inspired by Bilbo's. I've saved so many jeans that have been outgrown and scrape fabric just for such a project. Darned embroidery work is also something I want to start incorporating in some of my most loved hand-me-downs I've acquired. A particular sweater needs a patch so why not make it over the top?
Love your channel. You are so knowledgeable and a good communicator/teacher. Thoughtful topic and presentation. Thanks!
Clothes that used to be soft like T's have become increasingly scratchy. I still have a Tshirt from 1995 that's still soft and wears well. I'm autistic and I can't handle scratchy things as underclothes and layering items so I've actually been wearing and sewing my own Buckskin dresses from my Choctaw heritage! It's got no seams and is both cooling and warm. Problem solved!
Interesting to see the sock factory. I've never used a darning loom but I've sewn many patches onto worn out jeans!
Worn out jeans are the most comfy jeans!
What a great array of topics, the time flew by! That sock factory was an eye-opener. As a very new spinner, your channel is one of the first I've found, so I'm slowly checking out various episodes. I really love the way you explain things and how you clearly show what you are doing...thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I'm taking this episode as a forceful hint - my husband's woollen jumper has been sitting around, begging for some holes to be mended, I may have to give visible mending a try today. Thanks again.
love your podcast, it is my "pecher mignon" (treat) after work. that loom is genius...I wonder if you could make determined shapes with it. anyway I hope I win it...I'm prepared to pay for shipping if need be since I am in Canada
I've been patching my clothes, and then my kids clothes for almost 40 years now. This little loom has been on my radar for a minute now. Fantastic giveaway! Good luck to all!
I've stopped purchasing clothing this year and have only bought necessary items (underwear and something to wear to a specific event that I did not have appropriate clothing for). My goal is to start making all of my own clothing (even underwear!) except for socks and tights. I love the idea of learning how to mend socks because my husband absolutely runs through them.
Your guest was wonderful! Great presentation, Jessy! Every time I watch your channel, i know I am going to learn something new. Never thought patches could be so much fun!
I absolutely love the idea of visible mending. I can already think of a few projects I could try patchwork on.
You and me both! I'm worried that everything I own is about to get ✨embelished✨.
Loved this interview so much, it was really interesting to watch, as always a great video! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m so looking forward to the spindle videos. I’m also finding it so much more complicated than it seems on every video… and then my hands cramp (which is rude and gives me a whole new level of respect for my great-grandma, who could do all of this so easily). Thank you Evie for helping me rekindle family traditions! I think this is so cool 🥰
Thank you for answering the questions of last time! I'm really looking forward to your upcoming videos about spinning because I can learn something new every time! 😍
It's so awesome that you interviewed someone from a knitting factory! I've never met anyone with that job, so it's cool to put a face to the work.
I love my darning loom! I have one of the metal ones like the one pictured on the magazine cover. I love how sliding the hooks side-to-side allows me to alternatively lift different warp threads. It does stink being limited to one warp size, though.
Despite occasionally sewing / upholstering her own home furnishings, my mom's perspective on mending is different from mine, since I studied sustainability in college and have a community of people who love doing sustainable crafts and mending, but for her, having to mend things sometimes feels like a reminder that she can't afford to buy new, and she hates it. I've offered to mend things for her, excited to practice something I preach, and she's refused, feeling frustrated at the frequency of the need. I understand it, but I feel like it's a bit of a generational wall between us!
I was just watching Picard with my family before watching this and one of the characters made a reference to kintsugi (an incorrect reference lol). I love the idea of visible repairs, I’m just not super imaginative with them.
QUESTION: I've seen a number of your videos where you spin on a handheld spindle without a distaff. You often have the bottom end of the spindle with the whorl against your hip and you neither drop the spindle nor fully support it. What is this called and where can I learn to do it?
Thank you for showing how it works! I’ve always wanted to know exactly how it works before getting one! Congratulations to the lucky winner!!
I love Darn Tough as a company and have many of their socks! I’ve just been getting back into embroidery and thinking of some fun ideas for visible mending!
It's always a good day when I get a notification for one of your new videos!
I loved your story about the accidental yarn festival. Truth be told I had a similar experience. I went to my local yarn store to show my husband my new hobby and the shop owner informed me that there is a fiber show 3 blocks down!
It was great to see local makers. This was my first show ever and it happened by complete accident!
Now I go there on purpose! Fiber arts are the best 🧶
One of the classes I am MOST excited about at Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival is the mending and darning class.
The shirt is awesome.
Hi Evie, great video with a lot of excellent information! I have been wondering how to use one of those little menders and I have some well worn and earned “holey” jeans I love and want visible patches and mending! I enjoyed the interview as well, the socks look amazing and seeing how they are made was very interesting. The curiosities show is a favorite as well and it comes around in Chicago too, it is a lot of fun! Thank you for a terrific podcast!
I started a mending and darning project 2 days ago. This vidéo was a great background while working and inspiration for othermending and darning projects =D
An oddities and curiosities expo followed by a yarn show sounds like an ideal date!
It's been great to see you podcasting again! I've done a few visible mending patches on some of my handknits; some socks as well as a favorite cardigan of mine. But I've never used any kind of loom for them.
I really could use the patching loom on all of my barn jeans. My goats and horses would see my classy patches and smile with delight!
Thanks for sharing a fun video.
I buy a lot from thredup and some items can come worn so I'm really looking into visible mending, my kiddos have gotten really into it as well, we have been looking up shapes and decorations we can mend in. I love the idea that they hope for the need to mend. My younger is looking forward to inheriting her older sister's butterfly jeans and I have been saving scraps for my eldest to work together on a colorful rainbow for something in the future!
Thank you Evie!! I have a few spindles that I love to use. I’m looking to buy an ashford kiwi wheel soon because it can fold up and fit in my closet!
I have a couple of speedweves that I use pretty inexpertly. Sometimes it just doesn't work though and the where I put the yarn through just makes a bigger hole.
I’ve always admired the butterfly pillow that’s on your chair in the background. Could you give us a closer look at it and tell us about it?
I've been thinking about getting a darning loom after reading the Spin Off magazine. What a cool giveaway.
A video on short fibre flax on drop spindle would be very interesting. I haven't seen that anywhere on RUclips so might be a good addition!
Thank you for this podcast. I am one who finds drafting difficult and I think maybe I do hang onto the fibre too hard. I will try that next time. I am a big fan of visible mending. 😀❤
So I belong to a fiber group that let it's members borrow/rent equipment and I was able to get my hands on a drum carder to see how I liked it prior to buying. It was great to try out different brands and tpi cloths and all the some things!!! Maybe see if there is an organization local to you that has this option so you can try thing out first...
I have been wondering where I can fun more spindle maker's, excellent timing on both our parts 😊.
This was so interesting! I’ve never ever payed much thought to visible mending before, but it’s so interesting how it can be both utility and fashion.
Very smart to recycle & save textiles. That is one cool little darning loom. Very interesting. Your long hair looks great! Thanks for all the informative and fun videos!
I love it so much when you publish a new video. All that you value,is what I think too. I discovered mending recently and really love it.
Haven’t tried the katrinkles loom but have watched a lot of videos. I love visible mending for my non-work clothes
Hi, lovely to see you. Really enjoyed your video. I was looking at getting a loom for mending, it’s such a good idea. Thank you.
This was such a perfectly timed video, I was just sitting here trying to resist the urge to do some visible mending instead of finishing one of my trillion WIPs! I'm not sure how you read my mind, but I'm not mad
So what did you end up doing? I'm in suspense! 😂
Thank you so much for answering my question🥰 I love the little patch on you’re sweater.
Great content! this little loom is the cutest thing and I'm very excited for the upcoming videos about spindles since I also am a crafter with small space 😆
I like that episode, mending is so important, it's sustainability. And has someone who keep their clothes as long as possible, it's pratical 😅
When darning I have always just attached my warp to the top and bottom edges of the hole and then attach on each side as I complete the weft. This was how I learned to darn from my mother. However trying this mending loom does seem intriguing 🙂
what an amazing episode! im hoping to slowly replace my favorite store bought socks with handknits over time
I really enjoy your videos. It makes me want to run out and get all the supplies to get started. I especially like how realistic you are with the methods and equipment. Keep it up!! 😊
I really love the variety of segments in your podcast. So much useful and interesting content in one package!
Good reminder to get around to darning my socks this weekend! Darning loons do look like they would speed up the process but maybe I just need more practise!
Thank you so much for your videos I am self taught spinner and appreciate all the lessons you so graciously provide
This video was perfect timing! I have a handknit sweater that recently developed a hole. Darning sounds like the right solution to repair it.
I learned to sew and quilt from my mom, but recently got into up cycling and am currently sewing rags for all my friends because, we all need rags!
I love your podcast! Great content and so much knowledge. Thank you.
I have a small loom and was a bit iffy as to how to use it. Seeing you demonstrate it really helped me to see how it worked. Thank you for all your videos. I have learned so much.
I loved hearing about darning and visible mending! I tried to darn a pair of jeans a little while ago, without a small loom, and by basically winging it, and to say it did not go well is an understatement 😂 i guess the darn wasnt too bad itself, but what was worse is i did the entire wrong spot! Haha love the podcast, cant wait to see more!
I was always taught that having visible holes in your clothing meant that you were so poor you had to wear rags. I find the 'fashion' trend of clothing with holes to be rather abhorrent.
We just had colonial heritage festival here and I had lots of opportunities to talk about fast fashion and the change in clothing philosophy.
I absolutely love your videos and tutorials. I'm over the moon that your going to be doing more spindle videos! I can't wait to see them and share them with a few friends who find my wool obsession interesting and want to give it a go to without dropping a bunch of money on the "big" equipment. Spindles are my preferred method for beginners since it takes up no space and you can control every aspect of it easier then most wheels and espinners. That's just my preference
Spindles are so wonderful! Happy spinning!
I got a similar one to the cover of Spin Off but I have not used it yet. I want to be able to patch or re-enforce the knees to my son's pants. He put holes there fast. I tried sewing in a patch last fall but it did not look that nice and it was for his school pants. I hope I can do better this year.
Since I have been knitting my own socks, I have been fascenated with the little looms that are used to darn holes in socks. In the 1950's, the British had a loom that is similar to the ones you sell in your shop. I have my great grandmothers' darning egg, which I cherish. However, I have been searching for a device to help with the darnning process. It is good to know you have them in your shop.
Very excited about the upcoming spindle videos!
Wow, Great guest. Her socks are amazing and so fun to see the sock factory. Great show today.
I really love the recycle, repurpose(reuse), repair mentality.
Hi LadyWiggin! Thanks for watching, fiber friend. I'm commenting to tell you that you won the mending loom giveaway! (Yes this is really Evie telling you that you won! Here's a ball of yarn and sheep emoji to prove it 🧶🐑) Your name will be announced as the winner in the next podcast on my channel. It will be published on October 1st. To claim your loom, please send me an e-mail with your information so I can send it to you. My email is Evie@JillianEve.com or you can click directly on the email listed for the JillianEve channel. Happy spinning!
I still cant understand the concept of ripped jeans. What is sad. That none of my ancestors clothes were passed down as a keepsake.
My inner thighs always go out before anything else on a pair of jeans. 😳
Same! 😭
Another great podcast! Thanks so much! I’m getting back to using my drop spindle. After a great meeting with other spindles in the DunnSpun TourdeFleece team (on WAFA), I’ve decided to dive into a Turkish spindle!
I love my mini Turkish spindle from Snyder!
The Katrinkles loom is fantastic! I have the large one, and its great to use!
I think applique is cute too but I'm kind of loving that I can use my handspun with the little darning loom. Happy mending!
I’m also of the mindset that holey, distressed clothing also needs to be earned 😅 (I have some clothes that were made to look distressed, but I got them secondhand-I’ve always been frugal and loved thrift shops). I love the idea of embroidering the mending, and I have clothes that need it, but I get bogged down by the planning. I want to add like…bouquets of flowers as the mending.
As fir questions about spinning….how do you avoid over spinning? Or how do you know when you have enough twist? I have a spindle, and I’m parking and drafting….if I want to ply, do I need more twist?
I love this question!