Clothing
Every piece that is documented on its own page gets a silly name, to distinguish it from other garments of the same type.
Davy thermal long johns
- October 2021: tiny hole at seam of left leg darned, exacerbated, and redarned with 4‐ply wool
For details, please see the page documenting Davy (122 kB total, plus links to higher‐resolution photographs)
Blueberry Mary pair of denim jeans
- September 2021: Polkabloom darned in with reclaimed cotton
For details, please see the page documenting Blueberry Mary (252 kB total, plus links to higher‐resolution photographs)
flimsy thermal long johns
- September 2021: dual tears in crotch darned with 4‐ply wool
pair of variegated red woollen socks
- September 2021: worn patches under balls of feet darned with 4‐ply wool
pair of undyed hiking socks
- Mid‐2021: gaping hole under ball of one foot darned with assorted polyester threads over a snowglobe
Notions
Recycled timber Darning Mushroom 2.0, from Use Things on Dja Dja Wurrung Country
Wooden tube of Long Darners, from Merchant and Mills in East Sussex, England
Office‐oriented Recycled Scissors with 215 mm blades and polypropylene handles, from BuyEcoGreen on Kulin Land
Yarn
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Mend it Limited Edition Upcycled Yarn in Fingering Cotton and Light Fingering Cotton, from Not Another Hat on Wurundjeri Country:
- a lilacky blue (fingering)
- a blood orangey colour (light fingering)
- a slightly reserved scarlet (light fingering)
- a vibrant saffrony situation (light fingering)
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Bambini 4 fingering‐weight merino, from The Yarn Bowl on Yuggerah Country, with the colour codes:
4 bubblegum5 sunshine18 spearmint
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Assorted vintage reels of polyester and cotton, from a private collection on Boonwurrung Country
References
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Hikaru NOGUCHI (translated by Camille WHITE). Darning: repair, make, mend. Quickhtorn, 2019.
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Very simple informal instruction on handsewing, from family, in childhood