tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post1191174049394281113..comments2024-02-27T07:37:46.350-05:00Comments on K-Line: Mending My WaysK.Linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-16734364818385270402013-01-10T13:45:49.641-05:002013-01-10T13:45:49.641-05:00I think that's the same idea with a different ...I think that's the same idea with a different cast. I tried to watch that one but I just couldn't. SO depressing and dark. I would not want to go back to 1900.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-10340072177246078002013-01-10T13:45:05.722-05:002013-01-10T13:45:05.722-05:00That is a great saying I've never heard before...That is a great saying I've never heard before. I saw your post! It is so on the same wavelength. Fortunately, you are so talented that you'll have that jacket for a hundred years :-)K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-45065287216353044342013-01-10T13:44:16.927-05:002013-01-10T13:44:16.927-05:00Gotta love a woman who managed to be chic during t...Gotta love a woman who managed to be chic during the second world war!! I guess, if you've got money to burn, the mending service is a great idea.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-77602677167894665872013-01-10T13:43:22.186-05:002013-01-10T13:43:22.186-05:00You do have some useful skills! And you raise a va...You do have some useful skills! And you raise a valid point. I'm probably idealizing this in a big way. But is there really harm in that? :-)K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-91408214451736582682013-01-10T13:42:32.793-05:002013-01-10T13:42:32.793-05:00On that topic, my crazy husband expects me to star...On that topic, my crazy husband expects me to start darning his store bought socks. Hilarious.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-37063648665272414802013-01-09T10:30:35.143-05:002013-01-09T10:30:35.143-05:00I watched one of those shows, the 1900 House maybe...I watched one of those shows, the 1900 House maybe, it sure was a reminder that I should appreciate my washing machine. And tooth paste. There was one done in Canada on settling the prairies "Pioneer Quest". Crazy people. Seraphinalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706215125457113080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-33097845881501902012013-01-09T06:18:08.947-05:002013-01-09T06:18:08.947-05:00There is an old Yankee saying that I like: "...There is an old Yankee saying that I like: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" and while I love to shop as much as the next person there are times when mending something is the better thing to do. I did a blog post about this recently because I have a barn jacket that I really love, it's a style that isn't made anymore and so I decided to mend it so I can keep wearing it.Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668161467072636784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-44038708448509281712013-01-09T05:39:45.379-05:002013-01-09T05:39:45.379-05:00My mother made little mention of her attire during...My mother made little mention of her attire during the war (except for her black dresses for work as a secretary) but my godmother had beautiful clothes as she sewed up her stash (and possibly her mother's!) during the war years. I've always used that as justification for my own fabric collection.<br /><br />In London there is an invisible mending service that charges a fortune (well £35 for a small hole) to mend holes in woven items. I only use it for anything extremely expensive in the first place.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12320920329295669197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-65206296591433149852013-01-08T23:33:36.065-05:002013-01-08T23:33:36.065-05:00I'd like to think I have some useful skills (s...I'd like to think I have some useful skills (sewing, gardening, basic construction, butchering chickens, etc)... but I guess none of us know our limits until we have to push them. I wonder how prepared British women felt in the late 1930s?*<br /><br />*probably quite confident - they'd just dealt with the Depression. But still...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413671907959074949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-40245444786879437502013-01-08T23:31:40.984-05:002013-01-08T23:31:40.984-05:00I would (probably) never darn a store-bought pair ...I would (probably) never darn a store-bought pair of socks, but I love my hand knit ones. Certainly, I could just knit a replacement pair, but that would take at least a week (compared to no more than an afternoon to mend), so it makes sense to mend them if the holes are manageable. <br /><br />Similarly, I would absolutely patch elbows and whatnot in well-loved sweaters and think nothing of it. I suppose that's about the same thing.AngelaHhttp://pansneedles.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-38258317615769155272013-01-08T22:50:35.551-05:002013-01-08T22:50:35.551-05:00That didn't occur to me (partly cuz I haven...That didn't occur to me (partly cuz I haven't actually read any of the instructions yet - in any real detail). I wonder if kitchener stitch and darning are kind of the same... Guess I'm about to find out. I also wonder how well it works with very small-stitch machine knits.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-12674107619715804822013-01-08T22:49:07.115-05:002013-01-08T22:49:07.115-05:00That's totally bizarre because I've never ...That's totally bizarre because I've never even heard of that blog (that I recall). Off to do some reading.<br /><br />And I completely agree with you about the old school European ladies with their well-cared for, vintage knits.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-57195181746293737562013-01-08T21:49:20.030-05:002013-01-08T21:49:20.030-05:00So interesting that I just read a post on darning ...So interesting that I just read a post on darning at And She Knits Too -- I learned to darn when I was a child, although I haven't been moved to refresh those skills yet. I have thought of it, though, with socks I've knit myself -- and perhaps this is part of your motivation as well. Once you recognize the effort a sweater represents, usually obscured by the cheap cost of offshore labour, you begin to respect the garment enough that you are willing to work a bit to extend its life. I was impressed, in rural Portugal, to see families out for Sunday lunch, and realize that the "women of a certain age" were wearing sweaters that had probably been carefully looked after for decades (frugality having been a way of life there throughout the 20th century).materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-55514907455843179442013-01-08T19:11:04.756-05:002013-01-08T19:11:04.756-05:00I wonder how much your new-found willingness to da...I wonder how much your new-found willingness to darn has to do with your understanding of how the knit (and purl) stitch works? An understanding you didn't have a couple of years ago.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189513869927434997noreply@blogger.com