Ah, life with a puppy...
Luckily I caught her before she did any further damage. Luckily I still had a bit of that "dye lot" left. Unluckily I didn't have enough to just ravel out past the damage and re-knit the entire bottom of the brim.
I stewed on how best to mend this without turning it into "visible mending" and finally decided to get back to solid stitches, knit down to the bottom edge and then stitch back up each side, tucking the loose ends to the inside where they wouldn't show with the brim turned up.
I've been told I can knit and pick up the side stitches as I go, but that appears, once again, to be magic well past my abilities. The side seams worked pretty well...if you don't look too closely...and on the back side I tacked each side down with a felting needle for a little extra tidiness and security.
This is my favorite night check hat, with the stars shining bright overhead. I will be grateful to have it on tonight!
5 comments:
Looks like a good fix for now:)
Little rotter! Everything goes in the mouth, at that age.
Nice mending job! Love that color of green too.
Looks great to me!
Always gives you a sense of accomplishment & joy
when you are able to mend a hand knit...
Good job!
what a little stinker!! fantastic repair :)
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