Mending, patching and the tools that make it stick.
A solid oak table for forty dollars is either the best purchase of the year or a source of woodworm in your dining room. The difference is fifteen minutes of...
A sock with a hole in the heel gets thrown away in about four seconds. Darning it takes fifteen minutes and produces a repair that outlasts the original fabric. The...
A torn seam repaired with glue fails in a week and leaves a stiff crust that makes the real repair harder. A broken mug handle repaired with thread is nonsense....
A jacket with a broken zip pull gets thrown away about as often as it gets repaired, and the repair takes four minutes. The zip itself is usually fine. It...
Most homes have a repair kit somewhere. It is usually a tin with three bent needles, a spool of white thread and a screwdriver that fits nothing. The kit exists,...