Reinforced and repaired elbows, with embroidery to add design and to cover up stains. Creative mending can give clothes a new lease of life, and help your clothes age with style! #visiblemending #handembroidery #repaired #makedoandmend #SustainableLiving

Today I have been making pompoms, soon to be attached to hats! #pompom #handmade #choosewool

Colourful darning to extend the life of this much loved, hand knitted sweater #visiblemending #darning #repair #makedoandmend #lovedclotheslast #reducewaste #SustainableLiving

Mending to make an old favourite last. Anyone can do visible mending, and you don’t need any expensive equipment to get started! #visiblemending #repairing #darning #makedoandmend #reducewaste #sustainableliving #learnsomethingnew #lifeskills

Repaired linen shirt. I’m slightly sorry it doesn’t have more damage to repair just now as I’ve really enjoyed this! #visiblemending #repaired #makedoandmend #lovedclotheslast #sashiko #handstitched #reducewaste #SustainableLiving

A little bit more work on this elbow today. It’s getting closer to being finished, little by little! #visiblemending #repair #workinprogress #creativemending #makedoandmend #lovedclotheslast

I have a new date for my online darning workshop! Learn these darning techniques with me, and start reducing clothing waste: collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mendin… #visiblemending #darning #workshop #learnsomethingnew #repair #makedoandmend #reducewaste

Really enjoyed teaching my first in person darning workshop of the year yesterday! Looking forward to the next one! #darning #darningworkshop #galashiels #scottishborders #visiblemending

I’m currently mid studio move! My machinery got moved yesterday, so today is all about shelves, paint touch ups and getting connected to the internet! #designstudio #scottishborders #moving

I have finally finished mending the elbows on this sweater! Can’t wait to wear it again #visiblemending #makedoandmend #lovedclotheslast #repair #SustainableLiving #reducewaste

In my new studio, wearing repaired jeans and repaired sweater! #designstudio #designermaker #repaired #visiblemending #lovedclotheslast #madeinscotland #scottishborders

Then and now! I started repairing this sweater 4 years ago ( the original damage was thanks to my puppy) and have worn it and continued to repair it since then #beforeandafter #visiblemending #repair #makedoandmend #lovedclotheslast #reducewaste #SustainableLiving

New workshop dates both for in-person and online workshops! This is the time of year to give your knitwear some tlc and get it ready to wear! collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mendin… #visiblemending #darningworkshop #repair #learnsomethingnew #makedoandmend #darning

Todays work in progress. I’ve been knitting and linking scarves in my new studio! #workinprogress #knitting #scarves #madeinscotland #handmade #choosewool

Adding pattern to your darning is just one way to make it creative and keep the repair process interesting! #visiblemending #darning #pattern #creativemending #repair #makedoandmend

A pleasure to visit local knitwear designer and mender, Flora from Collingwood-Norris at her Galashiels studio. Flora is encouraging the next generation by employing Sasha, a Fashion Technology student Heriot-Watt University, and is passionate about sustainability👉collingwoodnorrisdesign.com

I’ll be sharing instructions for making a creative autumnal elbow patch like this in my next newsletter! collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/links #visiblemending #elbowpatch #repair #handembroidery #makedoandmend

Tips for choosing colours, how to make sure you have the right needle, and durability are all discussed in my latest blog about mending: collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/knitwearblog/v… #visiblemending #repair #darning #makedoandmend #lovedclotheslast #sustainableliving #reducewaste

Yesterday I spent a lovely afternoon teaching darning! If you’d like to learn how to repair your knitwear, I run workshops online and in person: collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mendin… #visiblemending #darning #repair #makedoandmend #reducewaste

Worn elbows repaired with darning and Swiss darning to add years to this sweaters life! #visiblemending #repair #beforeandafter #makedoandmend #reducewaste #sustainableliving #lovedclotheslast