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# Visible Mending with a Darning Loom
- URL: https://jillmurray.com/visible-mending-with-a-darning-loom/
- Published: 2025-02-03T14:23:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T15:13:59.000Z
- Description: I break out my speedweve loom for the first time and make patches 'til the sheep come home
- Author: Jill Murray
- Tags: mending, Hobbies

While I wait for my yarn and shuttle to arrive for [my table loom weaving project](https://www.jillmurray.com/2025/01/you-can-weave-lets-get-warped/?ref=jillmurray.com), I have time to work on some sewing and mending.

Rodrigue has a favourite old wool jacket that's full of holes, from regular wear and moths, and during the pandemic lockdown, I ordered a ["speedweve" type mending loom](https://spinoffmagazine.com/visible-mending-with-a-darning-loom/?ref=jillmurray.com)\-- but never used it.

These little looms were originally sold in the 1940s, and now they're plentiful on Etsy. They're fairly simple to use, and allow you to weave a small patch directly onto a piece of clothing to conceal a hole.

I got some darning yarn in compatible colours from a local knitting store, and got to work, using the project as a chance to practice some basic weaving patterns.

At the outset of this venture, we identified three holes that needed mending, but by the time I was done, I'd made 11 patches. The more acquainted I became with the jacket, the more worn spots I found.

The patches are messy in spots-- sometimes unavoidable because near the seams, the fabric was too bulky and would slip off the loom. But I'm overall satisfied with the finished look of the jacket, and I learned a lot while doing it-- including that sometimes it's easier to just weave directly onto the garment, setting aside the loom.

Most importantly, we've saved a beloved jacket from the landfill, and I've reignited my mending habit, which is definitely going to serve us, in this time of an impending trade war.