See Darning: Repair, Make, Mend by Hikari Noguchi for detailed guidance If a hole has formed in the fabric, it must be darned (not swiss darned).Print generic knit graph paper to create a design here, or create paper to your exact gauge here.Unless you have the original yarn to darn with it’s difficult to make the swiss-darned section blend in completely.Because the new yarn is sitting on top of, rather than replacing, the existing yarn, it can be hard to achieve a solid colour.Instructions on swiss darning as reinforcement can be found in the fantastically-named Don’t Just Think About It, Mend It! by Maureen Goldsworthy (p51-5).įor a decorative design: count the stitches and rows you wish your design to cover, then plan it out on knit graph paper.
If you’d prefer instructions in a book, guidance on decorative swiss darning is included in The Handknitter’s Handbook by Montse Stanley (p281).
Ideal fabric type: stocking stitch (plain knit), of any weightĪ needle is threaded with yarn and used to create stitches which follow the structure of the knitted fabric, working row by row. Problem addressed: lack of visual interest or areas of weakness in fabric Treatment: decorate or reinforce fabric using duplicate stitches
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