#Repair

[jvgsjeff]

If anyone is curious about the process (and timeline) of sending in a Switch to Nintendo for repairs, this blog entry summarizes my experience.

#nintendo switch #repair #nintendo #blog entry

[reportsofagrandfuture]

#repair #upcycling #mending #slow movement

[safe-haven-safe-place]

#mental health #relationship advice #conflict resolution #healthy relationships #repair #apologizing

[tomohirosibuyahappyanimals]

Smartphone Screen Replacement

#Himeka #Torara #colored pencil #smartphone #repair #screen

[kohanakonohana]

先日…

Several days before ..

ねこさまに穴模様を作られたのですが、端切れで修復。

A cat had made a hole design, but I want to redesign it...

２箇所はダミーです。

Two patches are dummies!

#repair #ねこのいる生活

[classycookiexo]

#perfect #honestly #repair

[jeraliey]

So I saw a video on a technique for patching sweater holes, and I really wanted to try it.

Fortunately (unfortunately?) I had an old sweater that got chewed up when it accidentally took an unprotected ride through the laundry. It had PLENTY of holes to practice on, of various sizes.

I decided to start on some of the smaller holes:

It went......okay? I guess? It's a new technique. You can probably see which hole I tried first and what progress I made doing it a second time....

I ended up getting myself a new toy to continue (a latch hook, because my crochet hook was doing well-enough-I-guess but I figured I could neaten it up a little if I was less likely to drop loops). So I decided to go after one of the bigger, more irregular holes:

(this picture actually has the most accurate portrayal of the real-life color of the repair yarn. I don't know why it's so grass-green in the other pictures. It's even a little darker than it looks in this picture, and blends in better with the rest of the sweater colors.)

Which also went....okay........I'm new-technique satisfied......and there are a lot fewer holes in the sweater now, anyway. (I did a weave-darning on the spot on the very right, but that was only to try it out to see how it looked.)

So it got me brave enough to try some of the really big holes:

The first of which went okay:

but I'm still clearly struggling with how much working slack to leave on the loops, which you can see with the increasing tension as I worked from right to left.

But you know what?

This monster is next. We'll see how it goes! Regardless, I'm enjoying the technique and learning a LOT. Plus....I'll be able to wear this sweater again!

#visible mending #mending #fiber crafts #sweater #upcycling #upcycle #textiles #repair

[solacene]

I love spaces that serve to repair and care for your items- what a wonderful resistance to the disposable, consumerist culture.

#cycling #repair #bike repair #solarpunk #hopepunk

[solarpunks]

How to turn your Neighborhood into a Village

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to Portland, Oregon to talk with architect Mark Lakeman, founder of Communitecture Architecture and the City Repair Project. Mark initiated a movement in Portland to transform the homogenous neighborhoods of the city into places that have many of the qualities and characteristics that are found in some of the most treasured villages on Earth. Mark reveals the things you need to know to transform your own neighborhood into a village.

Previously on Solarpunks: Ideas & Inspiration For Better Cities: Sprawl Repair Retrosuburbia

#solarpunk #neighbourhood #sprawl #repair #regenerative #urbanism #portland #andrew millison #permaculture #retrosuburbia #suburbia #US #design #Sustainable Design #community

[urban-homesteading]

Great for those expensive wool socks.

#sock #sewing #repair #reduce #reuse #yarn

[legogradstudent]

Repairing his run-down laptop, the grad student is tempted to obliterate the anxiety-ridden piece of junk instead.

#LEGO #phd #phd life #grad school #grad school problems #grad student #grad student problems #grad life #graduate school #tech #technology #laptop #computer #run-down #repair #junk #hitting it might help #did you try restarting #can i restart my life instead

[littlefluffbutt]

Attack of the pouting pooch! An islander had bought this shawl from me at the last craft fair; sadly her dog nommed on it after not getting to go on a car ride. The lady was hoping I had another one; I didn't but I offered to try to repair it. All things considered it's not as bad as it could have been and luckily I still had some of that color.

The "gets worse before it gets better" part. I cleared out all the damaged bits with the pins holding the live stitches. I squared out the hole more as this way I could carry the yarn up the rows instead of having to cut off at the end of the rows (which means less loose ends to bury). The top row still has damaged yarn; I decided to remove it as I went along that row to prevent the risk of things coming undone.

Done! The topmost row is a little off as it's hard to connect to the bottom of the stitches; plus I think I used a smaller hook originally but overall it looks good!

Washed to remove any remaining doggy drool and to help shrink the stitches a little. Still a little off but I'm so happy how it came out!! The lady was thrilled as well:)

This was a LOT easier to repair than the crochet thread Barbie clothes I had repaired as yarn is a more forgiving medium, heh.

#crochet #repair #shawl #craft

[zegalba]

PROLETA RE ART: Uroboros Repaired Denim Jeans Made with Handwoven Japanese Fabric From The Late 1800's (2022)

#proleta re art #denim #jeans #japan #repair #sashiko #boro #uroboros #blue #2022

[infodumpmedaddy]

tumblr, LOOK! I made my first attempt at ✨️visible mending✨️ on my winter jacket. It didn't come out very pretty or neat but I feel soooo proud of myself anyways! I just got back on this website for the first time in 10 years and I am so grateful for the wholesome crafting inspiration. 💚

#visible mending #mending #sewing #diy #repair #solarpunk

[a-strawberry-mouse]

My favorite chair has seen better days/years. It started to tear in this overworn area.

I'm doing a sashiko style interweaving to fix it. Time consuming but it will settle to stress points out very well. Preventing future damage is always good.

It came to me used, from someone who got it used, from someone who got it used, from someone else who bought it from a charity thrift. I will still call it merely secondhand. I ain't recounting that every time.

The closest thing I have to an age is, "older than 25 years," and that was years ago.

It is the comfiest chair.

The literal best.

It rocks without shifting around on the floor.

And it reclines! For naps!

Every single repair you see here happened in this chair or when I was out and about. I love it that much.

#hand stitching #sewing #mending #visible mending #embroidery #repair #wip #chair #chairrepair #chair repair #furniture

[wellwornwornwell]

#Barbour #repair