There’s a hole in my sweater
So I have a small assemblage of house sweaters. What can I say. The house is old and drafty, and I work from home. Warmth often wins out over fashion.
One of my very favorite house sweaters (a gray cashmere cardigan with pockets) seems to have sprung a leak. Let me be more specific. It’s sprung several leaks. It’s got a good sized hole on the back of the shoulder (snagged on a dead tree while climbing on rocks), two little holes on the front near the bottom (embers from a camp fire if the char marks are any indicator), and a spot or two on the wrist (kittens are the likely culprits here).
But cashmere. And pockets. And gray. And oh so cozy. You can’t possibly expect me to just throw it away. That would be no fun at all. But by the same token, the holes are numerous enough (and the yarn fine enough) that trying to mend them invisibly would be frustrating at best (doable, but frustrating). So instead?
Oh my! I do look forward to seeing what you come up with this time!!!!
Makes me very very happy!!!
I had a green cashmere like that years ago. I patched it using tiny bits of bright fabrics. It was a thing of beauty- a true work of art. Then it was drying near a campfire when it was blown in- the acrid smell of burning cashmere still lingers in my memory.
I’m sure yours will be quite lovely.
Oh no! That sounds just awful. I’d totally cry.
I can’t wait to see what you do. Those colors!