How do I repair a moth hole in a jumper?
Our tips for fighting moths
Wool, cashmere, angora, mohair: the soft, warm materials we love to wear in winter are often also very popular with moths.These little butterflies indeed take up residence in our closets and quietly nibble away at our finest garments, especially sweaters and other cardigans.
While there are a few tricks we can use to keep moths out of our wardrobes, such as lavender or certain essential oils based on cedar or citronella, once they've started devouring our clothes, alternative medicine will have no effect...
When the hole is made, it is indeed necessary to move on to sewing and repairing the holes that the butterfly sows all over the place. So we polled our Tillistes on possible sewing tricks in terms of retouching, repairs but also clothing transformations to counter the hole invasion of these little insects.
Once the "where's Charlie?" game is over, we move on to the repair stage also known as garment re-knitting. Be careful, re-knitting is extremely meticulous work that requires a lot of attention!
It's the latter that will be used to rest the repair: so it's better to widen the hole a little than to carry out the repair on fragile material that won't last long and will inevitably end up breaking, all the more so on everyday garments like sweaters!
If you can't find any, you'll need to extract small thread samples from hidden areas of the garment, inside the garment for example. The aim is to make the repair work totally invisible!
In our winter lookbook, you can discover the goldsmith's work carried out by Carole our Tilliste on Beryl's long wool dress, which had no fewer than 16 moth holes!
Sometimes it doesn't take much: a patch or patch to iron-on or sew in place of the hole. As well as being sturdy, this technique is creative! Because yes, patches are no longer the ones your grandmother used to repair the hole in your trousers, they're increasingly fashionable and trendy!
Another tip: totally modify your garment by adding a different fabric, like a kind of patchwork. With this method, you're sure to hide the hole and not find the garment worn by someone else.
Cet article a été écrit avec plein de bonnes intentions pour nos clients grâce à Paule.
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