Author: Caryn

Rip repair

On By CarynIn Craft
Repair weaving done inside pants

I tried a new method of rip repair on my eldest’s pants. It always seems to be the back pocket the pulls apart at the corner. Probably because this is where she puts her phone! I’ve tried a whip stitch, which looks bad and pulls apart, a mattress stitch, which also pulls apart, and reweaving which is effective but visible. I had the idea this time to use the weaving method, but only pick up fabric threads from the wrong side of the fabric. So I sewed back and forth across the rip rather than along the rip. The hope is that I caught enough fabric to support the thread, and the thread will hold the rip closed.

Repair barely visible from right side of the fabric

The idea came from browsing all the beautiful embellished repairs on Pinterest. However, my eldest likes subtle, so didn’t want me to use rainbow thread on the outside! I can report that at the end of the day, the stitching still held. Hurray!

Spinning Rainbows

On By CarynIn Craft

I spun up my rainbow rolags! The big fluffy rolags were nice to spin; the fibers pulled out smoothly and the color variation came out well. (And it was very pretty on the spindle!)

Spindle spun rainbow yarn

I strung the finished single on the PVC niddy noddy, rinsed it in cold water, and let it dry. The yarn seems to have set well.

Rainbow hank

I took the rainbow hank off the niddy noddy and used my swift and wool winder to make a rainbow cake.

The resulting yarn cake is 53g and about 78 yards. Not enough to make a hat. Hmm. But I have some ideas…

Missing feet

On By CarynIn Life Hack

I noticed one of our guitar foot stands was missing a rubber foot. I noticed it because my youngest and I were practicing and it scratched my floor when I moved it. Ugh.

Missing rubber foot

One of my readers told me about Sugru moldable glue (Thank you!). So I tried some to replace the missing foot. It works well! It is easy to shape, and after 24 hours it solidifies into silicone rubber with almost the exact same feel as the remaining feet. The stand is stable and doesn’t scratch the floor. Hurray!

Fixed foot

Hank to cake

On By CarynIn Craft
Hank of black merino wool single ply yarn

Last we left it, my single ply black wool merino yarn was drying on the niddy noddy. Oh that works!! It took less time to dry, and it came off the niddy noddy easily (the caps were too tight, but I could get one arm off the niddy noddy easily). The yarn is balanced (which means it doesn’t get twisty), and seems strong (although I really do need to work getting an even thickness, but that should come with practice).

Yarn on wool winder

It is a little bitty cake (just 53 grams), but since it was a proof of concept experiment, that is fine.