Mending Monday #1

Hey friends. I had an idea since the autumn of last year to have a little blog series? Challenge? I don't know what to call it but it's something that I'm gonna try to do weekly! Mending Monday is what I'm calling this thing and it's exactly what it sounds like: fixing whatever you have to fix. Do you have some ripped clothes? A broken piece of jewelry, tech, or furniture? If it needs to be sewn, glued back, stapled, or welded I recommend taking a little time on any Monday to dig through that pile of stuff that's been on stand-by and mend or modify what you can, Monday by Monday.

To start of, I fixed up some stockings/tights that have holes in them. One pair is really old and was worn in multiple spots, the toe-area was pretty simple to fix but there was a sizeable area in the crotch that needed to be properly sewn back together. I have been using this neat darning method for a while and recommend it if you're not the best at sewing (like me) and want a good fix for some holes:

So here's how it went for me.

The main issue, these two weird spots in the crotch area.

And how it went. As I'm sure you can see it's not perfect but the tights are wearable again. They are quite old so the material is worn but they are of good quality so I'll keep fixing them up.

The second pair ripped near the upper thigh, I think I accidentally ripped it with my nails when I was trying to put them on. A bit disappointed that they ripped so easily but I still wanna wear them.

Because of the shape and size of the hole, the stitch did bring the knit-pattern a little awkwardly close but the tights no longer have a hole and it doesn't really bother me.

And that's all for my first Mending Monday. If you're interested in joining or sharing what you've been fixing up please feel free to leave me a comment. In the future I'd love to link to other people's mending and fixing projects. You could do Fixing Fridays instead if Monday's are too busy too, haha! Anyway, to more old stuff being fixed and less new stuff being bought in the year of 2026.