Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair
Knitwear After-Care
A course by user4674986 surname4674986 , Creative Director
Joined November 2020
Extend the lifespan of your knitwear garments by developing your own mending style with colorful stitches
Joined November 2020
About the video: Knitwear After-Care
Overview
“In this lesson, I am going to be giving you some tips on caring for your knits and preventing damage so that you keep them for a lifetime. You know how to fix them now, should they get any holes, but the biggest problem is always moths! We’ll be tackling how we can best assure moths don’t eat your knitwear!”
In this video lesson user4674986 surname4674986 addresses the topic: Knitwear After-Care, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair. Extend the lifespan of your knitwear garments by developing your own mending style with colorful stitches.
Partial transcription of the video
“Knitwear after-Care In this lesson I'll be talking you through how to care for your knits and preventing damage to you keep your knits for a lifetime. So, first of all, I think we need to delve into talking about moths, that I hate more than anything, and they are the biggest threat to knitwear, especially high quality knitwear. And if you leave your knits in an undisturbed dark place, then they're surely going to find your knits and eat them completely. And the worst about moths is their expensive taste. So, if you have a really beautiful knit, they are most likely going to find it. So, le...”
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Course summary for: Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Embroidery, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling, Weaving
A course by user4674986 surname4674986
Ellen Saville is the creative director and co-founder of The Endery, a knitwear clothing brand based in Lima, Peru, committed to creating sustainable pieces using leftover yarn from other productions. She is a sustainable fashion advocate, passionate about mending and creating a more sustainable culture in the way we consume fashion.
The Endery’s most recent projects include a collection for designer Lindsay Degen and an accessories collection for Anthropologie. Ellen also develops yearly hand-knitted collections for alpaca mill Inca Tops and has launched sustainable productions for brands such as Nike and Banana Republic.
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