Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair
Offered By: Domestika
Course Description
Overview
Extend the lifespan of your knitwear garments by developing your own mending style with colorful stitches
Ellen Saville is the co-founder and creative director of The Endery, a brand devoted to creating handcrafted knitwear in Lima, Peru, made from leftover yarn. She believes that developing your own mending style is a conscious way to fight consumerism and deepen your relationship with your clothes. In this course, she shows you how to mend your knitwear from scratch and develop your own colorful mending style to upcycle your favorite pieces.
- Introduction
- Introducing the Tools You Need to Get Started with Visible Mending
- Using Visible Mending Techniques
- Washing and Caring For Your Knits
- Final project
Ellen Saville is the co-founder and creative director of The Endery, a brand devoted to creating handcrafted knitwear in Lima, Peru, made from leftover yarn. She believes that developing your own mending style is a conscious way to fight consumerism and deepen your relationship with your clothes. In this course, she shows you how to mend your knitwear from scratch and develop your own colorful mending style to upcycle your favorite pieces.
Syllabus
- About Me
- Influences
- What Will We Do in This Course?
- Materials
- An Intro to Fibers, Yarns, and Mending on Different Textures
- Approaches to Color and Building a Palette
- Repurposing Yarn From Old Sweaters
- Holes and Tears in Knits
- Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 1
- Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 2
- Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 3
- Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 4
- Fraying and Unravelling on Cuffs, Soles of Socks and Heels and Elbows 1
- Fraying and Unravelling on Cuffs, Soles of Socks and Heels and Elbows 2
- Fraying and Unravelling on Cuffs, Soles of Socks and Heels and Elbows 3
- Reinforcing with Duplicate Stitches. Swiss Darning
- Combining Mending Techniques to Create Your Own Distinctive Style
- Finishing Your Mends and Washing Your Sweater
- Knitwear After-Care
- Building Your Social Media Community
- Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair
Taught by
Ellen Saville
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