Cats Costumery | How the Victorians Mended Their Clothes: A Lesson in Darning @CatsCostumery | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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My interest in mending and darning really took off when I purchased a beautiful Victorian shawl online. It was greatly discounted because it had some severe moth damage, the extent of which I had not realised until I saw it in person! It's pretty bad. However, the quality of wool fabric, the fine embroidery and beading I think make it a worthwhile long term project to slowly fix it, so that hopefully I may one day wear it with my historical costume. It's a great length, I think approximately two meters, which makes me think it might be mid-to-late Victorian (perhaps 1860s, as shawls were cut long to drape over crinolined skirts?). I did, however, want to learn the proper way to darn, so that I could treat this relic with all due respect, and so here we are! The book 'Needlework for Student Teachers' has been in my collection for a while, and it has good comprehensive instructions which I talk through in this video of how to do plain darning for reinforcing and mending purposes, as well as how to darn over a hole, and how to mend or darn a cut or tear. The other book, Make Do and Mend, is a really cute and interesting book, but it includes mostly general tips from the 1940s rather than detailed instructions.
00:00:00 What is Darning?
00:06:42 Materials
00:07:41 Hand Position
00:08:08 Plain Darning
00:14:01 Darning over a Hole
00:18:26 Darning an Three-Cornered Tear, Hedge Tear or "Catch Tear" (an L cut)
-- THINGS MENTIONED --
Make Do and Mend by the Ministry of Information amzn.to/3CPpSrQ
Needlework for Student Teachers by Amy K. Smith amzn.to/3XdtBHL (this is a re-print, you can find old copies online)
This video has some more on the shawl as I unboxed it youtu.be/NsbCy64sb2Q
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Music is from Epidemic Sound.
Hello everyone and welcome to a new video!
This video is very kindly sponsored by Serious Readers and their Serious Lights. You can use the offer code SR212 to receive a free Compact Light and free international shipping with the with any purchase in the Serious Lights range (High Definition, Alex Light, Classic Light). try.seriousreaders.com/pages/sr212
My interest in mending and darning really took off when I purchased a beautiful Victorian shawl online. It was greatly discounted because it had some severe moth damage, the extent of which I had not realised until I saw it in person! It's pretty bad. However, the quality of wool fabric, the fine embroidery and beading I think make it a worthwhile long term project to slowly fix it, so that hopefully I may one day wear it with my historical costume. It's a great length, I think approximately two meters, which makes me think it might be mid-to-late Victorian (perhaps 1860s, as shawls were cut long to drape over crinolined skirts?). I did, however, want to learn the proper way to darn, so that I could treat this relic with all due respect, and so here we are! The book 'Needlework for Student Teachers' has been in my collection for a while, and it has good comprehensive instructions which I talk through in this video of how to do plain darning for reinforcing and mending purposes, as well as how to darn over a hole, and how to mend or darn a cut or tear. The other book, Make Do and Mend, is a really cute and interesting book, but it includes mostly general tips from the 1940s rather than detailed instructions.
00:00:00 What is Darning?
00:06:42 Materials
00:07:41 Hand Position
00:08:08 Plain Darning
00:14:01 Darning over a Hole
00:18:26 Darning an Three-Cornered Tear, Hedge Tear or "Catch Tear" (an L cut)
-- THINGS MENTIONED --
Make Do and Mend by the Ministry of Information amzn.to/3CPpSrQ
Needlework for Student Teachers by Amy K. Smith amzn.to/3XdtBHL (this is a re-print, you can find old copies online)
This video has some more on the shawl as I unboxed it youtu.be/NsbCy64sb2Q
-- MORE --
Patreon (exclusive videos), patreon.com/catscostumery
Instagram (perhaps overactive stories): @catscostumery
instagram.com/catscostumery
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/V7V7HRLN
Blog: happilyevertaffeta.wordpress.com
Facebook: facebook.com/catscostumery
-- All Amazon Links are affiliate links! I also have a list of all my useful sewing things here: amazon.com/shop/catscostumery --
For business inquiries, email catscostumery@makrwatch.com
Music is from Epidemic Sound.
