Any ideas for this hand knit cardigan?

I can sew and darn, and knit from scratch, but I've never re-knit a hole before.

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janus2@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 318d

here's a post where I collected several knit hole repair videos

https://lemmy.zip/comment/21504099

Valmond@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 318d (3 replies)

Use a needle and thread and draw that hole togetherish.

Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 318d (2 replies)

That's a kind of plan C, plan B being weaving a lil patch of fabric over it, and plan A to re-knit the unraveled fabric. I don't know how to do planA though!

Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 318d

Adding to this, I want it to look as close to the original as possible, because my great-grandma, who died before I was born, made the cardigan.

QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 318d

The knitting/repair/mending communities of reddit are very good at this.

ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 5 pts · 318d

this looks promising. I've seen a bunch on YouTube https://youtu.be/AVVawL1LD6Y

dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 318d

also wondering how to do this!

CoffeeTails@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d (4 replies)

Hey! Did you manage to repair it? :)

Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d (3 replies)

I honestly have been pretty swamped and haven't even tried yet

CoffeeTails@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d (2 replies)

I'm not sure what it means to be swamped. But I can also be really slow to get crafty stuff done haha

Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d (1 reply)

Now I'm not sure whether that's an actual phrase! There's been a lot to do for me lately, and I didn't have much time for hobbies and relaxation, is what I was trying to say.

CoffeeTails@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 274d

It is an actual phrase now! \(^.^)/