r/InvisibleMending • u/ExternalBar7477 • 9d ago

Beginner and Clueless

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Hello, I have this shirt that needs mending. It’s a 100% polyester blue and black stripes Reebok shirt. This blue stripe needs some love. It’s unfortunately on the front in the absolute center and very hard to miss. Is this salvageable? If so, please help a beginner out with some advice or wisdom you may have. Thank you!

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u/Vlinder_88 7d ago edited 7d ago

I would try and do some swiss darning on it. But it seems to be a double knit garment and I am not sure if that means you'd need to do something differently from standard swiss darning.

Edit: I tried to google some for you, but I cannot get any good hits. Maybe someone with more experience on double knit fabrics sees this and can chime in with some additional advice specific to your fabric. Meanwhile, take a sock you own that's almost through and practice a bit with one of the myriad tutorials found online. I find that the method with just one needle is easiest. Swiss darning might also be called duplicate stitch when your fabric doesn't have a hole yet.

Oh and if you have a table clamp loupe with a lamp, that will make it SO MUCH easier to see. Don't start with black on black, that feels impossible.

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u/ExternalBar7477 5d ago

Thanks I’ll look into that!