Sweater Surgery Repairing a hole-y sweater A customer asked me if I could repair her daughter’s well-worn cardigan that she bought from me a few years ago. I took the opportunity to photo-record the process of repair.. If a sweater is in stocking stitch, it’s easy to un-do one row in the middle of a sleeve, like this. Two sleeve ends have been successfully extracted. I put the sleeve back on the machine and re-knit the bit that I took off (this can obviously be done by hand if your sweater has been hand-knitted). Cuffs can get especially grubby on childrens’ sweaters, and it’s so satisfying to re-do them! I like to wash the knitwear at this point in cedar-laced hot water, which smells lovely and is moth-repellent. Ta daa! As good as new (almost) ! Cecile in her cardigan. Now it can be worn a few more years by her little sister! Sophie OcheraNovember 18, 2020 Facebook0 Twitter 0 Likes