The second stage of making fingerless mitts: linking. This requires absolute precision and care
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#slowfashion #handmade #howitsmade #workinprogress #designermaker #shopsmall
04.10.2025 18:21 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Dancing into the weekend in my much patched jeans! I started mending these in 2022 as far as I can work out, so they’ve had 3 extra years of life so far!
#visiblemending #sashiko #lovedclotheslast #jeansrepair #repair #reducewaste #sustainableliving
03.10.2025 13:52 — 👍 38 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
All the autumn colours! Rowan scarf, Eildon beanie and Gorse fingerless gloves, made in the Scottish Borders
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#autumn #madeinscotland #shopsmall #ethicallymade #choosewool
30.09.2025 10:24 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
😀😀😀 that’s made my day, thank you! I’m so happy you enjoy wearing it
24.09.2025 19:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
That’s so lovely to know- thank you!
24.09.2025 09:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Making slow progress with my “jeans of Theseus”! And they still need more work…
#visiblemending #sashiko #repair #makedoandmend #workinprogress
23.09.2025 17:51 — 👍 87 🔁 5 💬 7 📌 2
I had the best weekend teaching this wonderful group to visibly mend their knitwear. Repair skills were developed, friendships were made!
#visiblemending #repair #workshop #makedoandmend #sustainableliving
22.09.2025 19:06 — 👍 26 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
NEW two colour darning patterns pdf guide!
Make your visible mending more creative and fun with these two colour patterns!
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#visiblemending #darning #pattern #design #repair #makedoandmend
20.09.2025 17:25 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
I’ve been rearranging my studio to host my first ever weekend long visible mending workshop!
#visiblemending #repair #workshop #designstudio
19.09.2025 15:09 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is one of my “waste not” cashmere scarves, handmade using pre-consumer waste yarn. It means each scarf is unique!
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#cashmerescarf #wastenot #handmade #shopsmall
14.09.2025 16:59 — 👍 50 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
New two colour darning patterns coming soon!
#visiblemending #darning #repair #pattern
12.09.2025 18:15 — 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks!!
10.09.2025 12:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An underarm repair on an aging cashmere sweater! It still needs a bit more work, but the main damage has been fixed
#beforeandafter #repair #makedoandmend #sustainableliving #design
08.09.2025 19:19 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Working on a mending project in company of the furry one! I’m currently working on some new darning guides and I can’t wait to share them!
#visiblemending #darning #repair
05.09.2025 20:14 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One darned blanket! This is my most recent mending commission, and it’s always meaningful to be trusted with someone else’s treasure
#visiblemending #darning #repair
01.09.2025 18:04 — 👍 80 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
Todays mending project
#visiblemending
29.08.2025 11:36 — 👍 35 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Feel confident using swiss darning to repair your knitwear, and don’t throw away a sweater because of a hole again!
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This will be my last online swiss darning workshop this year
#visiblemending #repair #BeforeAndAfter #makedoandmend #reducewaste
25.08.2025 20:09 — 👍 43 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A tiny little mend using swiss darning.
This repair technique can be creative or invisible, and I’m excited to teach it soon in an online workshop:
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#repair #beforeandafter #makedoandmend #swissdarning #invisiblemending
22.08.2025 10:31 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Recent mending commission for a much loved wool shawl
#visiblemending #darning #repair
20.08.2025 18:48 — 👍 33 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Something a bit different! A wedding veil I embroidered for my niece-in-law earlier this year
#weddingveil #embroidery #handmade #designermaker #bespoke
18.08.2025 18:37 — 👍 123 🔁 5 💬 21 📌 1
New drop of “waste not” cashmere scarves. Each one is unique, made using up industry remnants and handmade. Guilt free luxury!
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#cashmerescarf #limitededition #handmade #shopsmall #stripes #madeinscotland
15.08.2025 17:51 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This weekend I’m at Dalkeith Palace, starting today! Open 10.30-4.30 each day.
There are 120 artists and makers and entry is free!
#shopsmall #madeinscotland #handmade #scarves #hats #naturalfibres
15.08.2025 09:33 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“I just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed your session on Saturday. I have done a lot of courses both on line and in person and yours was the best in terms of organisation pace motivation and knowledge”- Andrea
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#visiblemending #darning #repair
12.08.2025 19:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m in Edinburgh again today at the West End Fair in Edinburgh by St John’s Church on the corner of Princes Street and Lothian Road. Open 11am-6pm!
#handmade #shopsmall #edinburgh #edfringe #scarves #ethicalfashion
07.08.2025 09:50 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
All set up at the West End Fair in Edinburgh this week!
Open 11am-6pm daily and I’m here til Sunday. It’s on the corner of Lothian road and Princes Street
#Edinburgh #edfringe #shopsmall #cashmerescarf #scarves #handmade
06.08.2025 11:47 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Current work in progress.
My online workshops will help you gain confidence in your darning- for both small and large mending projects!
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#visiblemending #darning #repair #darningworkshop #sustainableliving #reducewaste #makedoandmend
04.08.2025 18:03 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New online visible mending workshop dates! Learn to darn, swiss darn and repair cuffs and worn edges with me, and enjoy being able to watch it again afterwards!
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#visiblemending #darning #repair #makedoandmend #reducewaste
01.08.2025 16:37 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Getting ready to take these silk scarves to the West End Fair in #Edinburgh next week! Find me there 4-10th August
#shopsmall #edfringe #handmade #silkscarf #designermaker
30.07.2025 10:54 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
