Knitwear Care and Repair 101
Australian Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades
Bring new life to your jumpers, cardigans, beanies, scarves, socks and other knitwear in this exclusive Rare Trades Centre experience with Modern Mending author Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald.
Erin will teach you multiple ways to revive your winter woollies: darning holes and reinforcing threadbare areas, fixing ladders (aka dropped stitches), smoothing out snags, and de-fuzzing your favourite cosy pieces. You will also learn laundry, storage and moth-prevention tips.
You will be working with contrasting yard colours in this session for easier learning, but the techniques can be applied to invisible mending later on.
Bring your own sad socks for mending practice, and any knitwear requiring a bit of tender loving care. Items with minimal damage can be repaired on the day; students can practise and prep to work on big jobs after the session.
Students will each receive a copy of Modern Mending the book, a knitted practice swatch and essential mending supplies; additional mending supplies will be available for purchase on the day (Bring your own mending pile for colour matching).
