The 'Tulip Basket' Darning Technique for Fixing Holes in Knit Garments // Visible Mending
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Let's get fancy and mend this large hole on the heel of a woolen sock. Out with the old woven darning techniques and in with the over the top floral mends! Your socks will thank me and your friends will want you to fix all of their socks from now on. You're welcome!
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I really needed some mending inspiration and this ticks the box ❤
Precious! I’m doing this to all of my old wool socks 💗
Yay! Happy mending!
Um....this is so freaking cute. I just finished mending ALL of my socks with a speed loom. 🥺
Well I love them, but I wish I left one pair! I want a tulip basket.
Next time.
If I know one thing it's that there are socks that need to be mended in all of our futures. 😅 Lots of opportunities for Tulip Baskets! ☺️
could add flowers to it anyways!
Interesting method of making the base darning. There must be many threads at the borders.
Just the beginning and end of my thread, it's all threaded back on itself. :)
Beautiful! I love this mend!! 🌷
Thank you! 😊
Wow! This is incredible 😍
Thank you! ☺️🙏
I love it. And I think it could look very nice on the back pocket of my jeans which has frayed from me always keeping a small comb in there. Thank you for your very clear instructions.
So glad it was helpful! Happy mending! ☺️
Beautiful work. But I have to ask; is the inside comfortable against the heel or does it rub? Just wondering if that needs to be considered when finishing off.
I'm concerned that just the thickness of the basket will make a lump on the hill when I'm really careful to knit smoothly so there's nothing there to give me blisters.
Thanks for your question, Lois. I cannot feel this mend when I wear these socks, nor any other sock darn I have done (which I have done to tens of pairs of socks). Most of the work is done to the outside of the sock and just the outline of the basket comes through on the back side. SMT wool is soft and thin so there is not a lot of bulk when you darn a thick pair of sock. In fact, I would say using lighter gauge yarn is key to sock darning like this. If you are worried about the amount of yarn on the backside of your darn, you can finish in the center of your darn, on the sock material, so long as you are able to weave in your ends on a secure, solid, bit of sock. Hope that helps!
Hi, Jacquie. What kind of hole are you darning? The basket weave part of this mend is a traditional woven technique used to cover big holes (where there is no sock at all). I added some embellishment to make it cute but it is at it's core, just a basic woven mending technique used to cover an area of sock/sweater/etc. where all of the knit is worn away and there is no longer any material at all. If there is still knit stitches that are in tact but perhaps just worn, a better technique to use is duplicate stitch (see duplicate stitch video) so you reinforce the stitches that are there. If you are worried about bulk, I would go with duplicate stitch but if you don't have any material to work with, you will need to create it, in which case this is the better technique. I have never had any issues with bulk or blisters but choosing the correct gauge floss (I always opt for smaller gauge) will make a big difference as well. Hope that helps! :)