Darn it! Online mending course

Spend 6 weeks with me and learn how to use the most popular darning techniques to visibly mend your favourite well worn garments in this online course. With limited spaces, live workshops each week (that will be recorded to watch again), mending challenges and a supportive group chat to share your mends this is the perfect way to ease into the winter months with darning at your side.

I’ve designed this 6 week course to cover all of the aspects of darning that I use day to day for repairing well worn and well loved clothes. 

From knowing which types of darns to apply to different kinds of fabrics and having the confidence to experiment with colour, this course will expand your darning knowledge and leave you feeling not only ready but excited to tackle your mending pile. 

Spaces are limited to 8 for a close knit group that allows everyone to get involved and share their progress. There will also be a group chat for support throughout the course. 

Course overview: 

Week one | Woven darning 
Week two | Honeycomb & Scotch darning
Week three | Microweaves
Week four | Darning jumper cuffs
Week five | Swiss darning 1.0
Week six | Swiss darning 2.0

Course notes:

This course is suitable for absolute beginners or for those who have already dipped their toes into the world of darning. Each week we’ll cover a new technique and we’ll look at tips and tricks to help you along the way. You’ll come away from this course with the following:

🪡 The language of mending! You’ll know your warp from your weft and the difference between scaffolding stitches and scaffolding pins

🤩 The confidence to know which techniques to apply to different kinds of damage

🎨 The curiosity to try different colour combinations and ways to approach the visible element of mending that reflects you and your clothing

🧵 Troubleshooting tips and tricks for different fabrics and yarns 

👕 Knowledge about how to use different mending techniques across different garments

♻️ A feeling of empowerment in knowing that by mending you are actively helping to tackle the textile waste crisis and reduce the amount of clothing sent to landfill

Materials kit: 

You have the option to purchase a ticket for this course along with a materials kit that will be posted out to you in a cotton drawstring bag. This kit contains: 

• Ball tipped darning needles (set of two) 
• Fine cotton darning needles (set of two)
• Tapestry darning needles (set of two)
• Double ended latch hook 
• Wooden darning disc (elastic toggle colour selected at random unless specified at checkout)
• Sponge (to be used for the swiss darning section of the course) 
  

If you are based outside of the UK please order as early as possible to make sure that the kit arrives in time for the start of the course. 

This course will begin on Tuesday 4th November and will run every week until the 9th December.
Live workshops will be held on Tuesdays at 6pm (UK GMT) on Google Meet. There will be a group chat for support and to share projects as the course progresses.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a payment plan in place if you need to split the cost of this course into two payments; the first payment will be due at time of purchase with the remaining payment required 14 days later.