Visible Mending - Scotch darning

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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
  • This tutorial is the blanket/buttonhole stitch referred to as scotch (Scottish)darning. At first it may seem difficult but when you get into the rhythm it’s actually really easy. I like that it has a crochet quality to the stitches✨👌🏼
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  • @yellowsky.000
    @yellowsky.000 2 года назад +399

    Wow. This had to be one of the most satisfying and engaging tutorials I've ever watched. The absence of commentary and flashy editing let me just absorb and learn. Thank you!

    • @remnanttradingco
      @remnanttradingco Год назад +24

      completely agree. i feel like i could learn anything by watching a video like that. a bonus is that i feel like i just spent nine minutes in meditation. 👌🏽

    • @AnnieofBlueGables
      @AnnieofBlueGables Год назад +7

      Agree

    • @Sa_Stafford
      @Sa_Stafford Год назад +3

      Absolutely ❤

    • @marie-helenelemonnier3365
      @marie-helenelemonnier3365 11 месяцев назад +5

      Merci beaucoup pour ce beau travail inspirant et méditatif ! 💛

    • @ajchapeliere
      @ajchapeliere 29 дней назад

      Can't say i agree. I get that ASMR hits for some people, but unlabeled ASMR just turns RUclips into a minefield for anyone with auditory triggers or misophonia.

  • @helenhunter4540
    @helenhunter4540 11 месяцев назад +89

    This is a more secure tecnique than the simple weaving I've always done. This is how I'll be darning from now on.

    • @gracegorman3306
      @gracegorman3306 17 дней назад

      Same here

    • @coffeegirl6854
      @coffeegirl6854 13 дней назад

      Same here. I have not darned socks in a long long time. I used to do it. I lived on a friend's dairy farm for a little while and I learned how. But this way is definitely more secure and since I have been wanting to do some repairs on my socks...well this is my new method now! Thanks.

    • @Limethistle
      @Limethistle 9 дней назад

      I’m not sure modern fabric could take darning. Socks fall apart so easily and the fabric is so thin.

  • @lainecolley1414
    @lainecolley1414 11 месяцев назад +17

    A group of us in the late 90s speculated on what format videos here could take, and the no talking, just doing came up. The votes were split, some asking why.
    This is why. Awesome 😎

  • @lindas5964
    @lindas5964 2 года назад +154

    So glad things like this are being saved to video. I really appreciate the skills people actually used in the time before we started throwing things away 6 months after we bought them.

  • @Ravencall
    @Ravencall Год назад +144

    This is a darning method that I have never seen. I love it! And I love your clean video with good lighting and no music or commentary. Thanks!

  • @shirleyporter9025
    @shirleyporter9025 Год назад +33

    Lovely job! I absolutely love that there is no talking, prattling or attempts to engage the audience with anything other than your needle skills....excellent!

  • @Olhamo
    @Olhamo Год назад +74

    it's a quiet revelation. Blanket stitch! i've always loved the stitch and it seems quite wonderful to turn it into rows and rows... a perfect kind of weaving.

    • @craftdipper
      @craftdipper Год назад +10

      I agree! Mesmerising to see the new fabric emerge👌

    • @GaiaCarney
      @GaiaCarney Год назад +5

      I don’t knit, so this is new to me! It’s much simpler than the weaving darn I’ve been employing. I’m trying this immediately!

  • @Seryndipity77
    @Seryndipity77 4 месяца назад +7

    I love how this wasn't flashy and fast and impossible to see. Just, quietly and competently informative.

  • @MrTerryRay1
    @MrTerryRay1 Год назад +32

    This is one of the best tutorials I've seen on darning. I like how you get up close to show each stitch clearly. This shows how each stitch can be easily done.

  • @catslove3884
    @catslove3884 Год назад +51

    The video is so soothing. I love the soft sound of needle and yarn. I have my gr-mother's darning mushroom from 1920's.

    • @helenhunter4540
      @helenhunter4540 11 месяцев назад +4

      My mother used a darning egg -- egg-shaped as the name implies. I never saw or heard of a darning mushroom until recently. She was born and learned her skills in Stearns County, Minnesota.
      Love learning new things. Thank you.

  • @barbararoyal6139
    @barbararoyal6139 11 месяцев назад +11

    My grandmother and mother darned socks for many years. It was a pleasure to watch your skill with this very old and needed skill. Thank you!!🕊️

  • @ChristinaHills-th9ig
    @ChristinaHills-th9ig 3 месяца назад +5

    Love this silent show of darning. Not only very helpful but absorbing and easy to learn. Good teaching.

  • @Mrs.Patriot
    @Mrs.Patriot 5 месяцев назад +3

    I'm in the process of darning all my husband's socks and there are many! I"ll use this from now on!

  • @zanabell9108
    @zanabell9108 Год назад +27

    A picture is worth a thousand words. Many thanks! Infinitely clear!!! Silence is golden.

  • @Moorandmist
    @Moorandmist Год назад +24

    This is amazing. So much less fiddly than regular darning. Thanks for showing us how!

  • @amylivingston4590
    @amylivingston4590 10 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you so much for providing a clear demonstration without a lot of useless chitchat.

  • @bunberrier
    @bunberrier 11 месяцев назад +15

    No words were used, so I learned without words. Somehow, this was more anchoring. I absolutely understand this mending instinctively now and dont need to remember it. Its just there.
    Not only did I learn a mending technique, but I learned about learning. I cant wait to share this idea with my daughter who teaches special needs children.

  • @sacredsortilege
    @sacredsortilege Год назад +27

    I've watched a host of darning/mending videos and this is the one I'm actually going to act on. Thank you for the lovely video... the sound of just the yarn ❤❤❤

  • @bridgetplunkett7630
    @bridgetplunkett7630 Год назад +36

    Also beautifully presented. All the sewing is crystal clear and no annoying music. I used a tennis ball to hold the sock tight.

    • @bunberrier
      @bunberrier 11 месяцев назад +1

      Tennis ball! Perfect.

    • @bridgetplunkett7630
      @bridgetplunkett7630 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@bunberrier I would revise that answer slightly. A smooth ball might be better as the fibres of the tennis ball can get caught a little when you're darning. This is a wonderful technique and I've used it several times.

  • @jehjey7626
    @jehjey7626 Год назад +46

    A very interesting technique. I would like to say that the yarn is catching so much because it is being untwisted. The tension in the each strand of yarn is still there and it wants to become one stand again so it is bunching up. I haven’t watched the whole video - maybe you fix the yarn. Retwisting it will do two things:
    1. redirect the tension in the individual threads. It will lie flat again and it will pull through smoothly.
    2. keep the yarn at it strongest as a three ply.

    • @EC-fm3vb
      @EC-fm3vb Год назад +11

      This is so important. I was wondering why no one had said anything yet.

    • @viv5645
      @viv5645 11 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed! I was reading through to see if anyone else had noticed before saying anything

    • @bobbie9066
      @bobbie9066 Месяц назад

      Yeah, letting the twist back in the yarn would help this last much longer!

    • @KJRobinson-v2n
      @KJRobinson-v2n 26 дней назад +1

      Good day, just came across this…we you say retwist, can you tell me what do you mean? Retwist the entire skein?

    • @bobbie9066
      @bobbie9066 26 дней назад +1

      @@KJRobinson-v2n just the length you're darning with! Easiest way I find is to pull the thread through the needle, so the needle is flat against the work, then let the rest dangle/gently untangle it

  • @dollybearzz8401
    @dollybearzz8401 11 месяцев назад +8

    This is what my late Mum did with all our clothes when they became worn, yet still too good to throw away - until we grew out of them! Nowadays, few people seem to have either the inclination or patience to repair their clothes. Such basic skills are seldom handed down through the generations now, which is a shame. Make do and mend was an old saying, usually because they had little choice! One of my adult sons sent me this video and said he is going to mend the holes in his favourite jumper! 😬 (I probably would have done it if I had known on my last, long journey visit, but glad that he is taking the initiative to have a go himself!)

  • @InFltSvc
    @InFltSvc Год назад +41

    Well let me tell you this little you story mam! I am a single guy and recently I fell in love with the show called All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece. In the show Mrs Hall mentioned Darning and I like to look words up I never heard of. Then I looked up a video for it and found yours. Your video is absolutely perfect! And I learned a very special skill from you as I often have problems with holes in my things. I am very appreciative. Thank you so much for making this video and even more I love that it’s all show and to talking ….God Bless you ! Brian

    • @roccofili3054
      @roccofili3054 11 месяцев назад +4

      Forgot to say "single man (6'5, 6 figures)

    • @d.morgan9247
      @d.morgan9247 2 месяца назад

      I can hear Mrs. Hall saying the word darning so clearly. We too are fans.

  • @melindafisher1584
    @melindafisher1584 Год назад +13

    Perfect timing to find this video! I have a mitten to darn and have been watching numerous methods. Plus the word "Scotch" caught my eye ... I have Scottish ancestors! I think this will be just the method for what I need to repair.

  • @zing999
    @zing999 2 года назад +30

    Nice camera and lighting work. Appreciate the production quality so I can see what you’re doing clearly. Thanks!

  • @lafillenoir
    @lafillenoir 8 дней назад

    I had such a horrible stressful day and this was so helpful in mending a large hole in an old pair of wool house socks, while I lay in bed

  • @raelynearnest3176
    @raelynearnest3176 11 месяцев назад +7

    As if my mama said, “Mira asi se hace.” Mesmerizing and calming. Thank you.

  • @gweledYT
    @gweledYT 6 дней назад

    So calm and quiet, amid the city noises and conversation.

  • @joantomlin7281
    @joantomlin7281 2 года назад +12

    A practical method. Swiss darning is beautiful, but it takes a lot of time, more suited to sweaters than socks. The extra thread laid across the hole would also make a sturdier repair. Thankyou

  • @miriamhavard7621
    @miriamhavard7621 10 месяцев назад +7

    I'm going to need more of this. Sewing, darning, mending, needlework videos with no music or talking; just the sound of the work being done. ✂️🧶🧵🪡

  • @gwenwells2286
    @gwenwells2286 11 месяцев назад +2

    From one old needlepointing hand, when your yarn twists up, just drop the threaded needle in the air kind of upside down and let it spin itself out. You'll get your yarn twist back and it won't bunch up on you.

    • @gwenwells2286
      @gwenwells2286 11 месяцев назад

      And it won't split as much.

  • @anonfornow359
    @anonfornow359 11 месяцев назад +3

    This looks so much easier than the darning methods Ive used/tried. I also appreciate no commentary, no text over the images, and especially no music.

  • @Ninanomori
    @Ninanomori 2 года назад +35

    I loved this. I needed a moment to chill and this couldn’t have come at a better time, also now excited to try this out!

  • @soniatriana9091
    @soniatriana9091 Год назад +7

    Hello Rounna! What a great tutorial! This completely reminds me of the sock darning I use to do as a young kid back in the late early 70’s! It was fun to do & extremely relaxing & satisfying!!
    Thanks for sharing!!

  • @morninglynn6281
    @morninglynn6281 10 месяцев назад +2

    I never would have thought darning and blanket stitch go together but this is way more durable than weaving

  • @johntuffin3262
    @johntuffin3262 2 месяца назад

    No words, no music, easy to concentrate.

  • @Momcat6
    @Momcat6 23 дня назад +1

    Thank you for sharing, I love this! So simple and it looks so much sturdier than the plain woven darning I've been using for decades.♥

  • @clarewillison9379
    @clarewillison9379 11 месяцев назад +3

    That looked beautiful on the reverse as well. Lovely video.

  • @missvidabom
    @missvidabom Год назад +7

    You make this look so easy! I was so anxious to repair one of my items and now I cannot wait! Thank you so much!

  • @loraawalker3618
    @loraawalker3618 11 месяцев назад +3

    This is brilliant! Never thought to use blanket stitch like this. This is the first time I've watched a tutorial and thought, hey--I can do that! Also looks more secure that way.I wonder if I will be able to stand how it feels, but will definitely try it out.❤

  • @harperoconnor5285
    @harperoconnor5285 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you so much! You helped me save a cardigan that used to be my mom's before she passed. I was finally able to mend the worn elbow. means a lot that I can wear it longer.

  • @onePJj
    @onePJj 10 месяцев назад +2

    This was so satisfying! I can't wait to try this, thank you!!

  • @lisaneighbour5463
    @lisaneighbour5463 2 года назад +6

    I’ve been sending the link to friends - it works great even for a beginner, my favourite socks have a new lease on life, and the process of mending is becoming addictive, thank you!

    • @bookhoudesign
      @bookhoudesign  2 года назад

      Oh thanks so much 🧡happy to hear it worked well for you 😄

  • @sannasunshine4161
    @sannasunshine4161 Месяц назад

    I have this video saved on my DIY list and I come back to it every time I need to fix a pair of socks. This is such a good way of mending socks, easy and durable. Thank you for posting this!

  • @shadowlandsfarmandcreamery5400
    @shadowlandsfarmandcreamery5400 2 года назад +19

    I'm really excited to try this method, thank you for showing another alternative!😍
    Love from Maine,
    Deb

  • @stitchesontherun
    @stitchesontherun Год назад +6

    Such a beautiful tutorial. No need for commentary, it's super easy to follow along. Thank you!!!

  • @bethkolle1
    @bethkolle1 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is fascinating, and MUCH easier than the way I learned, thank you!
    Your working yarn is bunching up because it is untwisting. You can give it a twist after each row to make the darning go easier, or wait until the bunching-up gets irritating and twist it back up in one go.

  • @MS-cb8ci
    @MS-cb8ci Год назад +4

    I was getting so frustrated with the weaving type of darning, this will be so much better! Thanks from Bellingham WA

  • @amselnest5241
    @amselnest5241 Год назад +4

    Thank you so much for sharing this with us. My favorite jumper needs some mending, This is the perfect way to do it.

  • @Zawiedek
    @Zawiedek 2 месяца назад

    Following your quiet and relaxing example, my first real success in mending!

  • @BoosterGoose
    @BoosterGoose 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for the tutorial, I just saved my cardigan with it! So fast, easy and secure.

  • @TheCannyMagpie
    @TheCannyMagpie 2 года назад +9

    I've got a hole in a long sleeve t-shirt where I pull it down with my thumb, I think this would look really pretty as a patch. Thanks for such a clear video!

  • @sajteapot
    @sajteapot 11 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant! Never seen darning like this but it's beautiful and so much easier than how I was taught.

  • @taejiminie5248
    @taejiminie5248 9 месяцев назад +2

    my cat scratched several holes into my wool sweater. i watched several darning tutorials, but I'm gonna try this one out since the style looks very secure

  • @kirstencook113
    @kirstencook113 10 месяцев назад +1

    I finally understand how to Darn. Thanks. Agree with the others about the silent approach. Very good.

  • @mcloud1070
    @mcloud1070 Месяц назад

    How beautiful ! Perfect for home made socks ! Thanks a lot ! ❤

  • @emmaslow
    @emmaslow 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love everything about how you present this tutorial, and the absolute bonus is that one of the few things I know how to do is the blanket stitch (which is how my brain 😮interprets this weave). Thank you 🙏

  • @maddogdelta
    @maddogdelta 10 месяцев назад +1

    BRILLIAN! I have 2 Aran sweaters that I have worn holes in... Now with help from this video, I think I can fix them!

  • @finngirl56
    @finngirl56 3 месяца назад

    Thank you SO much for this wonderful, clear, and effective video. I am AMAZED! This method of darning is so much quicker and more effective than simple weaving. It creates a durable patch in no time at all. I used to hate darning, but
    now I find it really rewarding to patch up my wool socks with a repair that will last longer than the original knitting. 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

  • @alteredcarbon3500
    @alteredcarbon3500 3 месяца назад

    Scotch darning! I learned something and love it. Thank you 🌸

  • @Knitery
    @Knitery 2 года назад +18

    Amo los tutoriales sin palabras, sin sonido, todos deberían ser así. La imagen lo dice todo. Gracias ❤

  • @bacon_girl1155
    @bacon_girl1155 Год назад +2

    Thank you. I think I'll now do this type of darning vs the simple weave.🤗

  • @madisonh1703
    @madisonh1703 28 дней назад

    I think I'll do this on my socks too! It looks a lot easier than trying to match a tiny knit stitch and also easier than a woven patch!

  • @clairekurdelak2913
    @clairekurdelak2913 11 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing! I’m going to use this right away to fix the elbow of a favorite old cardigan. Thanks!

  • @sandrahuibers8081
    @sandrahuibers8081 11 месяцев назад +1

    What a handy technique! And great clear visuals that I could easily follow. I just tried this and it made a nice neat firm patch over a weak spot. I will be using this technique.

  • @oliviamarie121
    @oliviamarie121 11 дней назад

    Thanks for this video. I followed along and saved my sweater 😄

  • @annabellagardner3190
    @annabellagardner3190 Год назад +1

    Very beautiful work with your skilled finger’s doing Scott darning.
    Australia

  • @mattmcconnell6870
    @mattmcconnell6870 10 месяцев назад +1

    That was beautifully done. Thank you for shareing.

  • @11thShadowDragon
    @11thShadowDragon 2 месяца назад

    Lovely tutorial, learning darning and trying out several different methods. Glad this one was my first 😆

  • @VividAvenue
    @VividAvenue Год назад +4

    Thank you for keeping it simple

  • @Degrassifan1000
    @Degrassifan1000 Год назад +5

    This was an awesome tutorial. Thank you so much.

  • @MJ_in_The_Big_Smoke
    @MJ_in_The_Big_Smoke Месяц назад

    Very strong and clean stitching method!.

  • @lidiawest8615
    @lidiawest8615 Год назад +3

    Honestly I love this and I think it looks great! Thank you for sharing. ❤

  • @sarahsjodahl6863
    @sarahsjodahl6863 2 года назад +9

    This is amazing! Thank you so much for the wonderful (and easy to follow) tutorial!

  • @anyuka2466
    @anyuka2466 11 месяцев назад +2

    Теперь буду знать еще один способ латания шерсти. Спасибо за атмосферный ролик. 🙂👍🏻

  • @bridgetplunkett7630
    @bridgetplunkett7630 Год назад +2

    This is really a great video. I tried this and it came out pretty good not as beautiful as yours but I have a few more to do. I love this technique. Thank you.

  • @MinurielVilquen
    @MinurielVilquen 6 месяцев назад

    Very calming and instructive. Nicely done.

  • @viv5645
    @viv5645 11 месяцев назад +2

    I really love this technique and found the video very absorbing. I would suggest it helps to allow the thread to re-set itself. My needle turns as I work and the thread un twists or twists tighter - causing knots and bunching - so I just counter turn the needle so it all runs smoothly.
    @jehjey7626 mentioned some good reasons to do this also. I really enjoyed watching the technique, and no distracting talk or music, thank you for posting

  • @abufaka
    @abufaka Месяц назад

    This is the one that finally got me started!

  • @David-rg9dt
    @David-rg9dt Год назад

    Great, thank you, love the sound of the wool being pulled through, very relaxing!

  • @Su-ri5ob
    @Su-ri5ob 11 месяцев назад

    Oh now this just makes so much sense! I have never been happy with a traditional darn and have been using chain stitch instead but I will definitely be trying this, thank you.

  • @robynkloosterhof6177
    @robynkloosterhof6177 4 месяца назад

    Wow! Thank you so much for this video, loved watching and learned so much

  • @marijkeschellenbach2680
    @marijkeschellenbach2680 Год назад

    Wow, this is fascinating and a lovely way to mend. I have a stack of socks (mine and family's/friends) I made and now have thin parts or holes and this is a new way for me to darn. I am glad that people are getting back to mending and darning instead of getting rid of those clothing items, it is such a waste and environmentally unfriendly. Thank you so much for sharing this video❣❣❣

  • @jeannek.srensen856
    @jeannek.srensen856 Месяц назад

    I tried this....very good! ❤ I ended up splitting the yarn beforehand, otherwise the patch became too thick.

  • @pathazanov6341
    @pathazanov6341 11 месяцев назад

    An outstanding tutorial. Thank you for the natural sounds and sharing your knowledge

  • @watkins1robert
    @watkins1robert 11 месяцев назад

    Just mended a sweater sleeve with a blown out elbow. First time darning and using this example I am quite pleased with the result. Thank you!!!

  • @trentonjennings9105
    @trentonjennings9105 2 года назад +2

    That technique is certainly aesthetically pleasing. I darned my first pair of moth-eaten wool socks only last month. I used a simple warp/weave because that is all I knew at the time, and that was from another video. It appears the Scotch method. though pretty, derives strength in only one dimension, whereas if you weave in two directions at right angles you have the strength of the yarn in two directions. Anyway, I like this better than the Swiss darn which looks very complicated.

  • @bridgetplunkett7630
    @bridgetplunkett7630 Год назад +1

    This is a brilliant tutorial. Thanks very much.

  • @rosanagonzalez9332
    @rosanagonzalez9332 19 дней назад

    Me encantan los videos donde la persona trabaja en silencio. Habla mucho de su concentración. Si queremos realizan bien nuestras tareas hay que concentrarse en ellas. Gracias.

  • @leticiasanfelix8545
    @leticiasanfelix8545 Год назад +2

    Thanks for sharing! Very nice job🌺😍

  • @user-uc5J2050
    @user-uc5J2050 11 месяцев назад +1

    У нас в школе этому учили. В начальных классах еще.😊 мальчики тоже выполняли это на уроках трудового воспитания. Спасибо что напомнили. Всем удачи.

  • @flatterdd
    @flatterdd 24 дня назад

    Thank you so much! I will be able to repair my favorite old wool socks! ^^

  • @theveryfirstlostgirl
    @theveryfirstlostgirl 2 месяца назад

    Oh, so THAT’s how you do it! Tried to do it just by weaving the thread and made a mess of it. Thank you!

  • @insertwittyprofilenamehere
    @insertwittyprofilenamehere 7 месяцев назад

    Just tried this and I'm really happy with how it turned out for me. I used a sock that was slated for use as a rag, and while it's nowhere near as nice as what's shown here (I missed a couple stitches because it was my first ever time doing this and I used a dark thread which made it harder to see) I'm excited to give it another try (I purposely cut another hole into my practice sock to work on tomorrow 😂).

  • @JeromePoipoi
    @JeromePoipoi 10 месяцев назад

    thank you for helping me saving my favourite jumper !

  • @enzasicuri8310
    @enzasicuri8310 Год назад +1

    Thank you! Incredible clear to understand!

  • @gabbytriestomakethings
    @gabbytriestomakethings Год назад +2

    Ok definitely have to try this for sure

  • @krislihyland6680
    @krislihyland6680 Месяц назад

    this method of darning has changed my life! the standard 'weave' darning always looked terrible. my socks are cheering!

  • @michelebrown1648
    @michelebrown1648 Месяц назад

    Great video! Slow, easy to follow.

  • @ЕленаМальцева-д6ъ
    @ЕленаМальцева-д6ъ 11 месяцев назад +1

    Какой интересный способ! Никогда такого не видела. Спасибо!

  • @catalhuyuk7
    @catalhuyuk7 Год назад

    Thank you for teaching this technique.