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Spent the morning practicing some minor repairs before I tackle one of my other old jerseys which needs a bit more surgery.
1) I tacked down the hem in various places. It’s been re-hemmed at some point with nylon thread so it’s nice and elastic at the bottom. It had broken away in a couple of places and was coming undone, though, and I kept catching my finger in it when putting it on. I tied the nylon thread back up to stop it unwinding itself and then tacked the hem down with red cotton.
2) There was a small hole on the tummy which needed darning. I did it in off-white cotton. I’ve not done this before so it’s not the best repair in the world, but it’ll stop it getting any worse and I can always unstitch it and re-do it later. It could do with thicker thread really (and a bit more practice).
3) The top right of the U was pulling away. I reinforced it with some stitches from the back.
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