Whether a band of rogue moths have done harm in your sweater drawer or you ripped your best jeans in some kind of teen-flick-style fence-jumping hazard, chances are something you lot used to dearest to wear has a hole in information technology. And not in a cool manner. In my feel, these items tend to fester, taking upward precious real estate in my cupboard while also being unwearable, something I usually don't recall until I've already put on the garment in question, and become surprised afresh past a circumvolve of skin that is exposed where it should not be.

That'due south why, as part of our serial on taking intendance of your apparel so that they concluding forever (or close to it), we're moving on to the mending of small holes (never mind how they got there). Read the steps below, and if you have tips of your own, let u.s. know in the comments! —Mallory

How to Gear up a Hole

1. Thread the needle
2. Tie a knot at the end of the thread by wrapping the thread around your alphabetize finger and rolling the thread off your finger. Pull the thread tight.
3. Plow your garment inside out.

4. Push button the needle through cloth virtually the pigsty until it stops at your knot. Yous simply want to capture the superlative fibers of the fabric, then practise non push the needle all the fashion through to the other side of the garment. The needle volition finish up on the aforementioned side of the garment as you started.
v. Cross your thread over the hole and push the needle through fabric near the hole. As in step iv, y'all but desire to capture the top fibers of the fabric, and then practise not push the needle all the way through to the other side of the garment.
vi. Pull the thread so that the hole begins to close slightly, though do not pull as well tight to where your fabric begins to overlap. You want to make sure that the material stays very apartment throughout the whole procedure.
7. Continue crossing your thread back and along over the pigsty in a direct line, pulling tight plenty to close the hole but not overlap the material.


8. Turn your garment over to ensure that y'all accept patched the unabridged hole.
9. Continue step seven until the unabridged hole is patched.
10. To tie the knot, create a loop with your thread and stick the needle through the loop. Pull tight to secure. Repeat to create ane more knot.

While You lot're Here…

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Photos by Alistair Matthews. Prop Styling by Max Rappaport. Image featuring Miu Miu shoes.

Kendall Khanna is the co-founder of Shopboy, a tailoring shop in downtown New York City with a location in TriBeCa and another new location coming to the West Hamlet very before long. Visit shopboyny.com to make an date or keep up with them @shopboyny on Instagram.