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I think you normally darn when there's an actual hole because the yarn has snapped/worn through/been cut - that looks like the yarn has been broken just at the very end of the cuff & then it's been unravelling up the arm.
I don't know whether you've done any knitting / understand how this is constructed, but basically it's in rows going down the arm from shoulder to cuff, each loop in a row has the loop for the next row coming through it, so they hold each other place.
So the first thing I would do is put in some thread or something to stabilise the loops & stop it running any more. I've attached a photo showing where that would be.
What I've done with my own jumpers (with thicker wool than this) is to use a crotchet hook to re-knit it. This would be - remove the stabilising thread, then use the crotchet hook to pull the yarn from the next row along & recreate the loop that used to be there, putting it onto a needle. Then either stabilise it again further down or just keep going doing that until you get to the cuff. Or you get to a broken thread - then you need to look at darning.
Nb. because it looks like very thin machine-knit wool you'd be looking at very thin crotchet hook/needles & a very fiddly job - but I reckon totally possible with patience & dexterity?
Or you could cut out that whole section & darn it??
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Some advice please. The cuff of one of my cardigans is unraveling. It is a 100% fine merino and I'd like to try and stop it so that I can keep using the cardigan. It doesn't need to be pretty as I only really wear it as a layer when cold. Would darning it work?
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