Reweaving a Shawl or Scarf

by Margaret Powell

2 Materials

30 Minutes

Medium

A customer dropped off a scarf to have me reweave it.

First I pulled a strand of yarn from the border edge.

I pulled out the entire length of the scarf to be assured that I would have enough to do the job at hand. I did not want to have to pull out another strand. Better to be sure the first time around.

Here is the strand after it was pulled from the scarf.

Here is the border after I pulled the yarn strand out. You can barely see the place it was. I teased the strands so the space was equalled out to make it less obvious.

Here is a picture of the smaller hole. Next I threaded a large eyed needle and began to weave the area that was needing the repair. I started the weaving a few threads out from the edge of the hole. I tried to keep the pattern of the weave so it would be camouflaged as much as possible. I did not knot the yarn since the knot would be obvious. I simply let the tail lay in the weave. I made sure to not pull the yarn tight, but let it lay relaxed.

Here is the end result. Can you see where the hole was?

Here is a much larger hole.

Here is the finished project after the reweaving. Since the hole was much larger, the cover up is not quite as good. It will still save the scarf from coming completely unraveled. Prevention is still the best thing. Moths love to chew anything they can get to. I guess this is the reason our grandmothers used cedar chest!