Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair
Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 1
A course by The Endery , Creative Director
Extend the lifespan of your knitwear garments by developing your own mending style with colorful stitches
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About the video: Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 1
Overview
“We will be building on what we have learned and develop some interesting colorwork in our mends. This includes developing a "cleaner" mend, using circle and square shapes, stripes, and variations on the weaving mend. For this lesson, you will need yarn in small amounts in various colors that you love.”
In this video lesson The Endery addresses the topic: Playing with Color and Shape, and Developing Variations on the Same Stitch 1, 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
“Playing with Color and Shape, And Developing Variations on the Same Stitch In this lesson we'll be looking at playing with colour with our mends. Now we've learned a basic weaving mend stitch, we're going to apply our knowledge and look at doing this in different places with different colours. I find this to be an interesting layer that you can add to your knits. Especially with second-hand knits or thrifted or things that you've made, once you're developing a mending story or a mending narrative on your knit, it's a really beautiful way to add personality, to add another story onto it. So ...”
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Course summary for: Visible Mending: Colorful Knitwear Repair
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Embroidery, Fashion, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling, Weaving
A course by The Endery
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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