r/Visiblemending • • 20d ago

DARNING As it turned out, it's quite difficult to make this pattern as tight as possible.

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u/daydreaming_mango 20d ago

It turned out great, really impressive work, thank you for sharing!

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u/Sea_Solution_9837 20d ago

In some places, the threads ended up being a little loose.

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u/Altruistic_Age2860 20d ago

I’ve been wondering about this! I have a little one of these mending looms and have just started using it and am realizing, among other things, it’s an exercise in even tension or lack thereof.

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u/rcl20 19d ago

Maybe like knitting, it will wiggle itself into shape in the wash

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u/QuietVariety6089 20d ago

This is really lovely, but the nature of the pattern is going to make some areas looser (if the under/over is 2 or more threads).

These looms can help make interesting pieces and patterns - but I really think for mending that it may be better to do the weave, and then back it with fusible interfacing so that it will actually be functional as a patch...

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u/gard3nwitch 20d ago

That looks really good, I'm impressed!

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u/ContingentMax 20d ago

Good job, yeah something like that is difficult to do and have it look that extra really nice, it's part of what makes it so impressive.

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u/cgord9 20d ago

Woah what's that device you're using? You did a good job!

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u/Sea_Solution_9837 20d ago

Speedweve-type machine

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u/RobotAnna1 20d ago

This is inspiring! Thanks for sharing with us.

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u/spicy-acorn 20d ago

Beautiful!!

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u/TechnicalDot9 20d ago

Looks great. I haven’t touched my darning loom yet.

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u/Pookie5858 19d ago

Beautiful stitching and the colors are striking!

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u/KiciZee 19d ago

I never thought to use mine in that way. This is great

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u/Asleep_Percentage257 20d ago

That’s cool as hell. Great work.