Visible Mending & Slow Living

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How to Store Your Winter Knitwear with Care

Transitioning your wardrobe for the warmer months is more than a chore; it’s a ritual of care. From the "freezer trick" for cashmere to the art of repairing small snags,...

How to Store Your Winter Knitwear with Care

Transitioning your wardrobe for the warmer months is more than a chore; it’s a ritual of care. From the "freezer trick" for cashmere to the art of repairing small snags,...

Visible Mending with Recycled Cashmere

Visible Mending with Recycled Cashmere

Recently, I've begun visibly mending with vibrant reclaimed cashmere from Second Cashmere. The result is something buttery soft and responsibly sourced. Read more about how I work with delicate recycled...

Visible Mending with Recycled Cashmere

Recently, I've begun visibly mending with vibrant reclaimed cashmere from Second Cashmere. The result is something buttery soft and responsibly sourced. Read more about how I work with delicate recycled...

Pile of shirts and jumpers on wooden table waiting to be mended.

Spring Mending: Embellishing and Darning Lightw...

With spring weather just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to turn to the lighter pieces sitting in your repair pile. Learn my favourite repair techniques for Spring.

Spring Mending: Embellishing and Darning Lightw...

With spring weather just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to turn to the lighter pieces sitting in your repair pile. Learn my favourite repair techniques for Spring.

Motherhood as Mending

Motherhood as Mending

Somewhere between the morning rush and the quieter moments when the children are busy with their own worlds. It’s a moment to look back at the small threads that stitched...

Motherhood as Mending

Somewhere between the morning rush and the quieter moments when the children are busy with their own worlds. It’s a moment to look back at the small threads that stitched...

Sashiko Stitching: Strength, Story, and Springtime Style

Sashiko Stitching: Strength, Story, and Springt...

Sashiko is a traditional Japanese hand-stitching technique and was originally used to reinforce and reuse sturdy fabrics like cotton and indigo-dyed workwear. With simple running stitches forming geometric or linear...

Sashiko Stitching: Strength, Story, and Springt...

Sashiko is a traditional Japanese hand-stitching technique and was originally used to reinforce and reuse sturdy fabrics like cotton and indigo-dyed workwear. With simple running stitches forming geometric or linear...

How to Use the Typical Tools in a Sashiko Mending Kit

How to Use the Typical Tools in a Sashiko Mendi...

If you’re new to visible mending or Sashiko stitching, opening a mending kit can feel a bit like discovering a treasure chest. There are unfamiliar tools, unusual thread, curious needles,...

How to Use the Typical Tools in a Sashiko Mendi...

If you’re new to visible mending or Sashiko stitching, opening a mending kit can feel a bit like discovering a treasure chest. There are unfamiliar tools, unusual thread, curious needles,...