I tore my new shorts

[Daggett]

I have several small holes in the butt of my new Craft shorts. Can they be fixed? Or at least kept from getting worse? Any suggestions? Thank you

[Lenusik]

I would not try to fix elastic. This material is intend to be stretchy and if you try to fix them they will not do what they are supposed to do.

[Squeaky]

Maybe there's some sort of lycra-ie iron-on patch? If they were expensive shorts, it'd be worth it to try (then at least you'd get some use out of 'em).

[Eden]

I fixed a hole in my arm warmers, by using a patch made from an old pair of cycling shorts The thing about lycra - if you just sew it shut it has a tendancy to try pull apart again at the edges and around the stitches, so I put a little patch of lycra on the inside to reinforce it and sewed the hole up over top. The "scar" looks a little Frankesteiny, but that may be due more to my poor sewing skills than anything , its held up nicely, and its not a problem on the armwarmers, but patching like that might create an uncomfortable bump in a pair of shorts?

Then again a team mate of mine has been wearing a pair of shorts with a little hole in them from last years cross season all year long and it hasn't gotten any bigger.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Also, if you're not good at sewing/darning....do the old pantyhose trick and put a little clear nail polish around the edges of the holes to help keep them from enlarging. You can wear them under warm fuzzy sweat pants for fall-winter biking.

[Daggett]

Thanks ladies.