Smart! We have to keep our camera on at work, but my phone standard is set at the perfect angle to show my face but not what I’m doing on my desk. So as long as I don’t make weird movements, I can totally stitch or knit while in meetings.
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I really don’t understand why people couldn’t knit or stitch during a meeting if they are engaged and participating. It isnt truly disrespectful or anything. And, for some it might even give the person better focus. I also feel like a front desk person should be allowed to do a tidy hand craft as well, if they dont have other admin work to do. But I am not in charge of the world. Lol
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When I was a receptionist years ago we weren’t allowed to do anything at our desks other than use our computers. So we wasted a lot of time playing Tetris, Farmville, and other dumb games. Eventually I managed to convince my manager that when I worked reception during the hours our building was closed to the public, I could do my coursework for college there. I was there during closing times, because office people worked overtime a lot and might need me to open the door for them or something.
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I’ve knitted in meetings if I have the right project, and it helps me focus. Garter stitch washcloths are great for mindless meeting knitting. My colleague was delighted to get the washcloth and another little gift for mystery santa.
I have some mends I’ll try at a meeting, but others are too complex. Nothing where I have to remake rows of stitches, but weaving/darning or ”don’t care, just fix the small hole” works.
This one is an actual in office mend, but I did it in the break area 
Didn’t have time to fix the small hole before work, but I could grab my mending kit and some yarn. Someone red-green colourblind wouldn’t know… And actually I had to really look for it for this photo.
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A piece of this tray had broken off, so I glued it together, fingers crossed it will hold.
I use this tray to move around craft supplies in my room, so no heavy things are carried on it.
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I went looking for my soft cardigan, only to find it in the mending pile. Sigh, winter is coming.
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I decided to tackle my mending basket today. Some of my favourite socks are in it.
This was simple, thread break in the toe that happened in the washing machine. Frogged the toe for a bit, then knit it back.
Next up are my favourite socks, the soles are wearing through. I’m going to try knitting a patch over the damaged bit.
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Definitely worth repairing hand knit socks!!
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My mending basket has grown! I destroyed a pair of cotton tights and the friend we celebrated NYE with dropped off her mending too 
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I want to tackle a few mends soon! I mended a hole in husbands lusekofte and fastened a yarn floater that had been a bit pulled out, but no pictures.
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Been at my besties place a couple of days, and noticed that one of his quilts has some seams that are broken. So I took the quilt with me when I went home. Wash it, and mend it, and it will be just fine.
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awww—that is so kind of you!
I offer my mending services to family and friends because I know most wouldn’t ask…I see a rip and I have to take it home to fix it!
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Yeah, I do help family (and a couple of friends) too. I think its nice if the item can be mended and be useful for a while longer, rather than thrown away. And I know my friend uses his quilt much, so better mend before its too broken!
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Lets revive these challenges!
Here’s my first mend for the year:
It’s been sitting almost done for longer than I care to admit. Back in rotation with some happy stripes!
I took a desicion to cull the holey sock pile too. I kind of like mending storebought socks, but there’s no sense in mending socks I don’t even like! They’re going to the textile recycling as soon as the muncipality sets it up properly. As of this year it’s illegal to just throw away textile waste.
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Another sock mended. The top one is an old mend that’s been through the wash a couple times. Bottom sock is freshly mended. I tried to cover everything that lookee thin and not just the hole.
I have a bunch more holey and/or worn ones. I started reinforcing one that was just getting a bit thin. We’ll see if I mend them all or get rid of the worst ones.
Then there’s this… I think I’ve got it stuck in a zipper because several strands are broken. I do have yarn left, but haven’t decided how to go about this. Invisible or visible? The part with the hole is just plain garter stitch.
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My opinion is to do invisible mend since you have more yarn.
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I did three small mends.
First, I fixed the bottom hem of the liner to my shower curtain. I have had that cloth shower curtain for over 10 years now. It is plain white waffle weave that I love. It comes with a snap in liner that I have washed and bleached so many times. The hem at the bottom had come undone, but instead of spending $20 to replace it, a quick trip to the sewing machine and it was done!
Next, I have also had a white linen tablecloth for probably over 40 years now. I try to remember to look it over after each dinner we have with friends and family but some how, I must have missed the last time because I was a bit embarrassed to see some spots on it when we had friends over for NYE! No one noticed except me, but I put it in the special laundry basket and today, I used hydrogen peroxide with a paintbrush to spot clean it. When I take it to the drycleaners, they can then clean it and iron it without setting the spots!
Lastly, I have the crochet tablecloth that my mother made 60 years ago. It also had two really dark spots on it. Since it was 100% cotton, and still very strong, I used a tiny bit of gel bleach and managed to get most of it out. I then rinsed it in cool water and laid it out to dry.
I only took a picture of the crochet tablecloth…can you find where the spot was? Hint: it was about the size of a quarter.
These kind of mends I don’t mind…
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I have no idea where that spot was…
I needed an easy win:
This is quite thin machine knit, a lovely wool scarf. Two stitches missing and the rest of the duplicate stitches are just to strengthen the border. We will not talk about how long this sat in the mending pile.
Now to tackke a sock with a few more missing stitches.
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lol I couldn’t find it either…I took a picture of the area that was damp from the rinsing…still couldn’t find it when I packed it away!
I love your visible mends…I know I have an afghan sitting in a basket that probably only needs a few stitches as well…not my favorite mending project, but, it would probably only take a few minutes…ugh
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”Starting” takes more time and energy than doing the thing sometimes I think. My mending pile(s) have been sitting untouched for quite some time, but now I feel like I’m on a roll. I’ll enjoy it while it lasts!
I do invisible mending too, but those are harder to photograph
One visible, one kind of invisible. The white part on the rainbow sock is a new mend. There was no hole yet, but the area looked thin so I grabbed a similar weight yarn. It’s 100% wool so not a perfect choice for socks, but it will make it last a bit longer at least.
The multicoloured socks got a pink patch in the same yarn. I tried to do it with duplicate stitches, but since I had to rebuild several rows I managed to twist some stitches making it less neat. Some are duplicate-duplicate stitched to try to even it out… Oh, well. Not a hole anymore!
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