Small holes appear on knitwear. Particularly around the waist and also on sleeve cuffs? Now sometimes it is moths in your wardrobe, but frequently it’s because of wear and tear. Often, jeans buttons and zips may sometimes catch the fabric and create a hole.
Sadly, it’s more common these days as fabrics have become thinner and less sturdy (this is one of the reasons why clothes are cheaper than they were 30 years ago). Particularly with cheaper tees and the like, holes are common.
So how to fix them?
Invisible Mending
Here are some tutorials, both no-sew options as well as sewing.
Visible Mending – Sashiko and Embroidery
Another option is to celebrate that hole and do some visible mending that is decorative.
Here’s a cashmere top I recently did some visible mending to (and added some additional embellishment too
