Sewing, Repairing and Reducing Waste

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Stop hole in wool shirt from getting worse? Penny for scale. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works to c/sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works

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This is a lightweight wool shirt, smartwool brand. I think it's 90 or 100 percent wool, I forgot to photograph the tag.

I use it as a base layer while camping, so looks aren't that important, but I don't want it to fall apart.

I got a couple of snags on my last trip, and I poked most of them back in without issue, these two were bigger and I tried stretching the fabric slightly to pull them in. I did it gently, but they both broke 🫠

Should I use a patch? Or sew a few loose stitches to hold things together? Or just leave it alone?

The underside of the shirt is bright orange, the hole is only the top layer, if that makes sense?

Thanks!

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you just want to stop the hole from expanding, I'd sew a circle around it and slightly pull it together. If the hole is too big and the pulling resulted in wrinkles, I'd do 4-8 diagonal connections on the inside of the cloth (so the hole looks like a cut pizza) and then sew a spiral until you reach the middle of the circle.

If you want to turn the hole into a little art project, you can also look up 'visible mending' on the search engine of your choice.

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Thanks for the recommendations!