No, I am not writing a Nancy Drew novel. I am presenting the mysterious tale of my favorite sweater. Which, over last summer, appeared to turn into a food court for moths.
Things were looking grim, until I looked more closely at this.
The sweater, which I bought at a local crafts fair, is an amalgam of a bunch of thrift shop sweaters that the artist recut into one. When I looked closely at the bits and pieces scattered across the top, I thought, "These are bits and pieces scattered across the top. Another word for that is 'patch.'"
So I rummaged through a box of wool squares that I had just been thinking about giving away. My romance with wool quilting was a hot one, but I had broken things off between us awhile back and really didn't see any chance of reconciliation.
But, with a scissors and some wool yarn, the squares became patches.
Patches, meet moth holes.
And now all I have a sweater again.
But here's the mystery. I patched up every last hole the other night and when I took it out, I see new ones. I don't see moths. I don't see holes in any other wool anything of mine. Does anyone know what's going on? I will just keep patching away until someone answers...
love how you are embracing the holes it's becoming a fabulous one off!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mo. And its getting "off-er" by the day
Deletei have NO answer, but am fascinated
ReplyDeleteno answer to the Why, I do however have an alternative, easy solution to filling the holes: woolfiller, repair holes with a felting needle check out this site www.woolfiller.com and you'll see exactly what I mean; I have done it myself with great success (the woman from the site happens to be Dutch as well!)
ReplyDeleteon my way to the website...
DeleteThat is AMAZING! (What is more amazing is how I completely overlooked the fact that you can watch it in English and kept going through it in Dutch...)
Deletethis is a Magic Sweater. and so, magic stuff would of course be happening...
ReplyDeleteSee? You did have the answer after all. Knew I could count on you.
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