Knitterly karma, the easy way
Man, did I get off light with the ambassador’s sweater repair.
Behold, the sweater in question, knit by previously mentioned dead knitting mum, in what feels like a very scritchy cotton blend:
And behold the damage needing repair:
Yep, that’s it. I can probably do it just with the yarn already there. Good thing, since I can’t even begin to guess at what yarn she used. The first picture shows the color and…um…sheen accurately. Said sheen wouldn’t allow me to get a detail of the damage while using the flash, though. Maybe cotton coated in teflon? Who knows. It’s not pure synthetic but it’s definitely not wool or any other animal fiber. I could do the burn test to determine the fiber used, but something tells me the ambassador wouldn’t appreciate that.
I really hope I’m lucky enough that my kids will care enough about what I knit for them that twenty years after I’m gone they’d be willing to enlist their physical therapist’s spouse to fix a little tear at the neck seam. Not that I’ll know it if they do. But still.
That’s incredibly sweet of him (and you). And I’m sure glad it wasn’t a case of trying to match 20-year-old yarn to re-knit half a sweater!
Posted by: Rabbitch
He is sweet for caring so much about a vest his mother knit for him. Not someone whose fashion sense I’d share, but sweet.
(btw, I took my Dad on a little trip to our local Petsmart this afternoon to have a wee look at the cats up for adoption – all either abandoned or stray. Two lovely 3 month old girls went home with him. He protests that I talked him into it, but you can tell by the look in his eyes when he watches them that he’s fibbing :o). couldn’t help but think about young Oscar when I was playing with ’em this afternoon)
Posted by: Rachel H
Wow! Mr. Ambassador is a man of action. He doesn’t mess around. First sign of an unraveled thread and he is on it! I’d love to know what nation he represented at the UN.
It was very nice of you to come to the rescue.
Posted by: Lisa
I have to admit, I was expecting the sweater to be falling apart at the seams and to have huge, gaping holes. I guess that was rather sadistic of me, heh. And honestly, I think if any of the men in my life had had a sweater with that kind of tear in it, they’d probably just go on wearing it until they couldn’t anymore, regardless of who knitted it when. This gentleman’s mother must have meant an awful lot to him 🙂
That said- I definitely hear you on the kids and knitting sentiment, and maybe it’s just me, but I noticed that the sweater seems to have been repaired (or maybe needs repairing) in another place. About an inch and a half to two inches from the right edge of the photo, there appears to be a discoloration in the knitting, but I can’t really tell whether it was something that’d been repaired before with the blue yarn, or if it’s something else. Maybe that was better left unsaid, heh.
Posted by: Lily
The indestructable fiber is why the damage is so slight. That’s one good thing about it. He’ll have that vest forever! My son, too, is clinging to a sweater I made him that he’s fast outgrowing. His little sister is eyeballing it, and being made of acrylic, her grandkids will probably get a chance to wear it as well.
Posted by: Gabrielle Adams
You can *so* do that.
Posted by: claudia
They’ll care.
Posted by: Rachael
What a relief that it’s a mere sewing problem rather than a knitting problem. I too was imagining a huge gaping unravelled elbow hole, like the ones my beloved makes.
Posted by: jodi
Hey, are you knocking cotton-and-teflon blends? Just look at how well that thing has worn!
But seriously. That is love. You gotta just get all weepy about it. Or is that just me?
Posted by: Norma
That’s incredibly sweet of him (and you). And I’m sure glad it wasn’t a case of trying to match 20-year-old yarn to re-knit half a sweater!
Posted by: Rabbitch
He is sweet for caring so much about a vest his mother knit for him. Not someone whose fashion sense I’d share, but sweet.
(btw, I took my Dad on a little trip to our local Petsmart this afternoon to have a wee look at the cats up for adoption – all either abandoned or stray. Two lovely 3 month old girls went home with him. He protests that I talked him into it, but you can tell by the look in his eyes when he watches them that he’s fibbing :o). couldn’t help but think about young Oscar when I was playing with ’em this afternoon)
Posted by: Rachel H
Wow! Mr. Ambassador is a man of action. He doesn’t mess around. First sign of an unraveled thread and he is on it! I’d love to know what nation he represented at the UN.
It was very nice of you to come to the rescue.
Posted by: Lisa
I have to admit, I was expecting the sweater to be falling apart at the seams and to have huge, gaping holes. I guess that was rather sadistic of me, heh. And honestly, I think if any of the men in my life had had a sweater with that kind of tear in it, they’d probably just go on wearing it until they couldn’t anymore, regardless of who knitted it when. This gentleman’s mother must have meant an awful lot to him 🙂
That said- I definitely hear you on the kids and knitting sentiment, and maybe it’s just me, but I noticed that the sweater seems to have been repaired (or maybe needs repairing) in another place. About an inch and a half to two inches from the right edge of the photo, there appears to be a discoloration in the knitting, but I can’t really tell whether it was something that’d been repaired before with the blue yarn, or if it’s something else. Maybe that was better left unsaid, heh.
Posted by: Lily
The indestructable fiber is why the damage is so slight. That’s one good thing about it. He’ll have that vest forever! My son, too, is clinging to a sweater I made him that he’s fast outgrowing. His little sister is eyeballing it, and being made of acrylic, her grandkids will probably get a chance to wear it as well.
Posted by: Gabrielle Adams
You can *so* do that.
Posted by: claudia
They’ll care.
Posted by: Rachael
What a relief that it’s a mere sewing problem rather than a knitting problem. I too was imagining a huge gaping unravelled elbow hole, like the ones my beloved makes.
Posted by: jodi
Hey, are you knocking cotton-and-teflon blends? Just look at how well that thing has worn!
But seriously. That is love. You gotta just get all weepy about it. Or is that just me?
Posted by: Norma
I love the fact that he cares so much about that vest that the second there’s a little fray, he’s in search of a repair person. He’s a good son.
Posted by: Martha
My needles are crossed for you!
Posted by: Betsy
Yes, you did get off quite easy. Don’t you feel great that you “agreed” to do it?
Posted by: Gina
That’s it?? Wow, that is a dedicated son! See, me, I just woulda worn it with the tear, because to my mind that’s not even damage.
You shoulda seen this pair of cutoffs I clung onto for about 10 years after my dad died. They were more of a waistband and some thread hanging down, and I wore those things around the house. Weird, I know. Hope its not TMI!!
Posted by: pippy
Whew! I am impressed that he didn’t just keep wearing it that way, which all the men in my world will do. “What rip? That’s not a rip…here, I’ll just staple it.”
Posted by: Bettina
I think that’s so sweet. And also sweet that your husband offered your help. I’m not sure why I think that part is sweet, but I do.
Good call on not setting the ambassdor’s sweater on fire.
Posted by: Patti
AmbassAdor. sheesh
Posted by: Patti
You are a menschy mensch.
Posted by: regina
What a sweet story! Thank goodness it was a simple fix. I was imagining holes and frayed edges and all sorts of craziness. I hope your husband never ever gets an idea like that again, though! 🙂
Posted by: Karma
I know what the ambassador’s sweator is made with. I know what the ambassador’s sweater is made with! It’s made with LOVE!!!! Yup, 100% love.
Posted by: grace
thanks for the birthday wishes! thats great youve been vegetarian for 17 years. im coming up on about 10 this summer, woo hoo!
Posted by: erika
I love the fact that he cares so much about that vest that the second there’s a little fray, he’s in search of a repair person. He’s a good son.
Posted by: Martha
My needles are crossed for you!
Posted by: Betsy
Yes, you did get off quite easy. Don’t you feel great that you “agreed” to do it?
Posted by: Gina
That’s it?? Wow, that is a dedicated son! See, me, I just woulda worn it with the tear, because to my mind that’s not even damage.
You shoulda seen this pair of cutoffs I clung onto for about 10 years after my dad died. They were more of a waistband and some thread hanging down, and I wore those things around the house. Weird, I know. Hope its not TMI!!
Posted by: pippy
Whew! I am impressed that he didn’t just keep wearing it that way, which all the men in my world will do. “What rip? That’s not a rip…here, I’ll just staple it.”
Posted by: Bettina
I think that’s so sweet. And also sweet that your husband offered your help. I’m not sure why I think that part is sweet, but I do.
Good call on not setting the ambassdor’s sweater on fire.
Posted by: Patti
AmbassAdor. sheesh
Posted by: Patti
You are a menschy mensch.
Posted by: regina
What a sweet story! Thank goodness it was a simple fix. I was imagining holes and frayed edges and all sorts of craziness. I hope your husband never ever gets an idea like that again, though! 🙂
Posted by: Karma
I know what the ambassador’s sweator is made with. I know what the ambassador’s sweater is made with! It’s made with LOVE!!!! Yup, 100% love.
Posted by: grace
thanks for the birthday wishes! thats great youve been vegetarian for 17 years. im coming up on about 10 this summer, woo hoo!
Posted by: erika