How To Repair a Hole In Knit Fabric

Now that summertime is over and autumn has crept upon us, it's more than likely that you'll be excavation your wintertime woollies out of storage. Only what if y'all find your favourite jumper has fallen victim to the greatest enemy of all knitwear - clothes moths?!

The good news is that moth holes tin be repaired. If the damage is minimal and the hole is smaller than 5 millimetres, then you can use fusible bonding web to fix the hole. If the hole is larger, you can apply a darning technique to mend the textile by interweaving with a needle and thread. Here'due south how to darn a hole in knit fabric, shown by video tutorial and our written guide.

Repair Holes While They're Withal Small

We recommend that yous repair equally shortly as yous notice the first sign of damage, every bit if you leave them they'll go bigger, and bigger holes are more challenging to repair.

You lot volition need: darning needle, yarn in a matching colour and the same thickness as the surrounding material, or a contrasting yarn, a darning back up, scissors.

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How to Darn, Step-past-Step

Picket our video tutorial to see the step-by-step guide to darning for the first time, or follow our written guide underneath.

1. Place the darning mushroom under the hole and pull the garment over so that the hole is centred

2. Run up a few stitches in the undamaged surrounding fabric to secure the thread

3. Stitch across the hole horizontally starting and ending close to the circumvolve of running stitches

4. Adjacent weave a series of stitches going perpendicular, working the thread over and under your stitches

v. Proceed this up and downwardly weaving until y'all take created a grid that completely covers the hole

6. Make sure that you leave a long end on the thread when you are finished and then that you lot tin weave information technology into the repair, rather than securing it with a knot. If you would like to secure it with a knot, ensure that you practise not pull on the thread or it may end upwards puckering

7. To cease, gently printing to flatten and blend the darn.

Protect Your Knitwear from Future Damage

For more information on how to protect your knitwear from futurity harm by getting rid of the clothes moths in your closet, read our blog.

We hope you managed to bring new life to your treasured knitwear by following our darning guide. For more help with caring for your knitwear, including our anti-moth products, check out the rest of our range: