WoolWeenies Club

[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

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Knot, look up stuff on Google about "weaving + darning" or darning socks.
You don't want to pull the hole into hard rolled ridges when you sew it shut. You want to weave your thread back a forth in a criss cross manner while gently pulling the hole into a closed position. That way it will stay flat. Regular thread would work. Look up darning.

[GLC1968]

Ditto the 'darning' idea from Lisa.

I would also second the idea of contacting Ibex. Maybe they have a small scrap of the same (or almost the same) fabric they can send you to patch it?

[Crankin]

You guys are amazing. I can barely, and I mean barely thread a needle and sew a button on.

[KnottedYet]

I GOT MY IBEX PINGO JACKET!!!!

Whoa, it's perfect!

Though, it is incredibly dirty. Most of the dust, white cat hair, and gold glitter came off the outside with a damp washcloth. Not sure how to get the cat hair off the inside. Maybe I won't worry about it. I'm assuming it was a Christmas present (gold glitter) that sat folded on a shelf (dust) in a home with a white cat (white cat hair) for a couple months before the giftee finally remembered to send it back to Ibex.

She must've tried it on at least once to get the cat hair inside the jacket.

Anywhoo... the fit is great. The XL Pingo fits beautifully over my L Norgie crew and L zipfront Switchback. The arms and torso are perfect length, and on the bike the slightly dropped back keeps my low back covered. The sleeves are long enough that my wrists are covered even when I'm in the drops.

Kinda hoping for some rain tomorrow so I can test it on a nice sweaty-n-rainy ride. And that might get the last of the dust, glitter, and cat hair off it, too!