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Miró

Brie said:

Miró said:

Floss said:

Where is the moth hole when on? Could it be darned?

Front, hip high…probably could stitch but is it worth worrying about contaminating other stuff? Sooo disappointed! 😟

Are you sure it's a moth hole?  I mean, go ahead and freeze it just in case, but given the location it could have been caught on something to make a hole perhaps?

Found another similar spot of damage but in an unobtrusive spot so going with the moth damage…☹️

Lawdy lawdy…….not gonna believe this….in the Cancer Research shop in Northallerton today I came across a Laura Ashley pure wool grey skirt. Checked it out, or so I thought.  Back home….yep, moth damage again! Labels still attached so its going back!  Gonna. change my name to Polly Ester and buy accordingly in future….bloody moths!!!! 😖

weenancyinAmerica

Let the shop know - they may need to fumigate for moths. Especially if it new items being attacked. It may be happening right there in the the store.

Rosa_Damascena

weenancyinAmerica said:

Let the shop know - they may need to fumigate for moths. Especially if it new items being attacked. It may be happening right there in the the store.

That reminds me why chazzers had such a stigma back when I was a girl and the term moth0eaten was applied liberally!

DigForVictory

Popped into new to me charity shop & slightly bewildered by a "yellow sticker" rack of brand new stock, from some importer, hazily labelled. Nearly bought a cross stich kit, realised in time its a glue on gem thing & so left it for someone a sight more in control of the glue than I am. Eyeballed a BNWT keysafe & decided I'm not that wobbly yet, hunted scarves (furoshiki or just a simple gift) & got nowhere (to be fair this store had only some clothing but more furniture as well as new & the yellow sticker stuff) so swung by local red cross who not only had a cute penguin print scarf but also an anxious Santa & happy Rudolph print to which I succumbed....

Wednesday2000

I bought a black trench coat in Leigh today for £6.99. 

mrsjaw

Miró said:

From the Sue Ryder shop, a bnwt lambswool scarf for £3.99. Label said Edinburgh so I thought it was Edinburgh Woollen Mill but on looking it up it is the .Edinburgh Lambswool Co and the scarf was selling for £80!  Crikey, who pays that for a scarf?  

We have an old walnut tree in the village that nobody bothers with so I trundled up with the wheelbarrow and scooped up all the walnuts, even the squirrels  didn’t want them!  Now dried and weighed…5.5lbs of free walnuts.  Ermm, what does one dooo with an excess of walnuts?  (Currently researching candied walnuts….)

I’ve not been on here for ages but just wanted to tell you about a recipe I found years ago - mix finely chopped walnuts with butter and spread on crusty bread - it’s delicious 😋 

Miró

@mrsjaw

A bit like walnut butter as opposed to peanut butter!  Sounds good....many thanks for the tip! 

shandyclover

Has anyone managed to repair tweed? My mum passed away in August and I've been slowly going through her possessions. She has some beautiful clothes stored in a spare room, one of which is an  fitted Irish tweed blazer, it looks vintage. Sadly a moth has been at it leaving a hole in the back about hip height. My daughter is the same size as my mum and wants to keep and wear the blazer in memory of her granny. I understand I need to freeze it to kill off any moth eggs? Then I'm thinking of doing a visible repair being the easiest option, maybe sewing over an applique patch in similar colours of leaves, a fox, a flower. Not sure what yet but I've seen some lovely patches available on Etsy.

Miró

shandyclover said:

Has anyone managed to repair tweed? My mum passed away in August and I've been slowly going through her possessions. She has some beautiful clothes stored in a spare room, one of which is an  fitted Irish tweed blazer, it looks vintage. Sadly a moth has been at it leaving a hole in the back about hip height. My daughter is the same size as my mum and wants to keep and wear the blazer in memory of her granny. I understand I need to freeze it to kill off any moth eggs? Then I'm thinking of doing a visible repair being the easiest option, maybe sewing over an applique patch in similar colours of leaves, a fox, a flower. Not sure what yet but I've seen some lovely patches available on Etsy.

I'm yet to attempt my repair, (skirt still in residence at the freezer spa), but one tip I have found is to use a small patch of the softest kind of iron-on interfacing and iron it on the back.  This is supposed to stabilise the moth hole and helps to stop it unravelling any further.  If the chomped threads are very hairy and the hole is small this can sometimes merge the threads together and hide the damage almost completely and it can be left as is...or you can do the darning/patching embroidery thing over it.  Good luck and report back!!! 

Rosa_Damascena

shandyclover said:

Has anyone managed to repair tweed? My mum passed away in August and I've been slowly going through her possessions. She has some beautiful clothes stored in a spare room, one of which is an  fitted Irish tweed blazer, it looks vintage. Sadly a moth has been at it leaving a hole in the back about hip height. My daughter is the same size as my mum and wants to keep and wear the blazer in memory of her granny. I understand I need to freeze it to kill off any moth eggs? Then I'm thinking of doing a visible repair being the easiest option, maybe sewing over an applique patch in similar colours of leaves, a fox, a flower. Not sure what yet but I've seen some lovely patches available on Etsy.

Leaving it outside overnight might have the same effect - despite the sunny morning, the ice has not yet defrosted on my roof!