About 10 years ago I finished a one of a kind shawl with the mohair spun by Kathy Withers. I did not have a chance ro wear it before one of Eric’s aides took a scissors to the beautiful lace. Less than 24 hours after completing the shawl. It was placed in a canvas shopping bag to wait the needed repairs. In his opinion all I was allowed to knit in my own home was hand knit items for kids in need. This was the first but not the last thing he cut up or outright stole.
Well he is long gone.
Fast forward a few years and I could not get anyone to mend it for me. No matter how much I was willing to pay. I did however get some pointers. I was really scared that I would ruin it.
Fast forward to today. I finally got the nerve to do the repair on this hand spun mohair lace yarn spun by Kathy Withers’s and a pattern designed by me. Really I just wanted to clear my backlog of repairs, UFO’s and long ago purchased projects. I pick out the right shade of thread. I did not have any yarn leftover, let’s just say I won at yarn chicken. I secured the thread and trimmed the end. I started weaving everything together. I was so tense that my shoulders throbbed. I carefully did tiny French Knots to gather the tiny clipped yarn. I did the final thread tie off and clipped the excess thread.
Tomorrow it will get washed in Soak. Then blocked. It should be ready to wear this weekend.
Below is a picture of the repair work. The picture below that is halfway through the repair work. I know it’s not perfect. I did my best. You can also not see it from 5 feet away, which is my gold standard for knitting boo boo’s.
