WoolWeenies Club

[Triskeliongirl]

Well, its that time of year where I had to stop buying wool .......... Never thought I would be so sad to see spring come. But today I bought a present for the wool collection I accumulated this winter: cedar blocks! They are quite inexpensive at Lowes, 8 blocks for only $3.88. I also bought some that are attached to hangers for my wool suits. So, I carefully packed all my ibex away in a drawer with 16 cedar blocks, and hung my wool suits and pants on the cedar lined hangers. My closet smells soooo niiice now....... Good nite wool.

[KnottedYet]

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[KnottedYet]

Oh, sadness.

Oh, wooly despair.

My first (and oldest) pair of Ibex Roaster Boxers has developed a hole. Right, um, in the gusset, as it were.

Not on a seam (Ibex has some of the best neatest cleanest seams I've ever seen). Smack in the middle and center of the gusset. I'm guessing that's where the friction from biking and jeans hits the worst. (these are over 2 years old, and been washed and worn many many many times)

Now, how do I sew this up (about 1/2 inch) without causing myself an intimate chafing problem?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Now, how do I sew this up (about 1/2 inch) without causing myself an intimate chafing problem?

I would make a stretchy wool patch the size and shape of the whole gusset. Then add a little circle or two of small stitches right around the hole to secure it to the patch.

[KnottedYet]

Hmmm, I don't have any stretchy wool fabric to patch with.

I'm guessing my regular thread would be too strong (tensile-wise) to sew up the hole. It seems like it'd just cut the wool fabric under stress.

Is there such a thing as a thin soft thread?

[NbyNW]

You might be able to take thread from another part of the garment . . . depending on how it's made, and how fine the fibers are--whether they're of a size you can work with. Whenever I take a sweater in to the Alterations and Reweaving Center, the lady looks for ends of thread that have been tucked into the seams, because that's what she'll use to fix a small hole or mend a tear. If it's very fine thread, it might be challenging. This lady effectively puts the garment under a microscope so she can see what she's doing!

[Tokie]

You might be able to find a sacrificial stretchy wool garment at a thrift store to make the patch ... or better yet, maybe Ibex would mail you a little scrap! A gusset in a contrasting color would be cute! Thanks to input from TE'ers, I now patch damaged lycra bike shorts and bibs using a patch from a pair of sacrificial shorts. It has worked fabulously (I apply the patch to the outside for maximum comfort). Buena suerte! Tokie