Polkabloom September 2021
A little tear is wearing through toward the most frequently‐touched pocket. I was not planning on repairing it, but I recently received a surprise envelope stuffed with cotton: four little cards of upcycled yarn (sent, on behalf of the gift‐giver, from Not Another Hat). It seems a great opportunity to have go at chain stitch, before I approach the more skittish hole on my Good pants.
![Jean leg being mended on a darning mushroom](blueb01s.jpg)
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A crinkly, blood‐orange spiral (462 kB) of light fingering cotton forms on a darning mushroom.![Rose on thigh](blueb02s.jpg)
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The finished darn forms a solitary polkadot (485 kB) on the right thigh. The visible stitches imply the form of a rose.![Chain‐stitched rose](blueb03s.jpg)