#caro posts

we are learning visible mending, friends! this was my second repair using sashiko (specifically the jujizashi stitch) :3

this repair was a pretty big challenge! primarily bc it’s on a fitted bed sheet, right where the corner/pocket seam and bottom elastic meet >< trying to keep the elastic stretched so the fabric could be taut was quite the lil workout for my hand lol. also it was an L-shaped tear, so i ended up making two separate patches and just kind of overlapping them a bit on the inside.

“technically” i learned knitting first ~10 years ago, but i knit like two (square shaped) things and then bounced 🥸 this time i’ve decided to knit the sailor slippers, which start out looking suspiciously thneed-like (pictured) and then allegedly become slippers after some seaming and felting magic.

did i mention that they start out comically oversized? apparently the felting process should reduce them to my humble caro-sized foot but DAUYM look at these johnnies