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Tickly1 t1_j87z97u wrote

Reply to comment by lukeman3000 in This is one of my Pendleton wool blankets. Any idea if this is fixable? Where/who might I look for locally to fix it? I just don’t want it to get worse. by lukeman3000

it's incredibly simple is all.

just take a needle and thread and a few stiches. it's surprising to me that it's not common knowledge.

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lukeman3000 OP t1_j87zi7m wrote

Perhaps, but I've never learned to sew

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lukeman3000 OP t1_j880c8e wrote

I mean, I could certainly just do that if I wanted to lol. But since I have no knowledge of this thing I wanted to seek out that knowledge because my desire is to repair it as good as I feasibly can, and I don't know what I don't know.

Something like Tear Mender sounds like a good option. I think what happened is that the corner of the blanket touched the fire ever so briefly and a few of those threads may have burnt away. I thought it only touched the fire for a split second and I wouldn't have thought that enough to do this, but who knows.

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Odd-Scar3843 t1_j886xbm wrote

Tickly1, I am not sure you realize how discouraging your messages come across. OP is asking this sub in order to get help, not feel made fun of or looked down upon. I know you are sharing your honest reaction, but do you see how your reaction comes across as quite condescending? Sometimes “being brutally honest” is just being “brutal.” Not all of us learned all skills, and it should always be ok to ask :) there are many reasons why someone hasn’t learned a skill like sewing! For example I only learned to cook and sew in my 20s, because my parents tried their best but they had to work multiple jobs to pay all the bills, and often they just weren’t home or when they were, they were just too exhausted to teach skills like this. I learned other skills instead during my younger years, and I could help others with those when I was older. Consider being mindful that if someone is asking for help, they are being brave :) not knowing something and asking for help is always ok and shouldn’t be discouraged with judgement :) I hope you have a lovely day in any case! ❤️

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Tickly1 t1_j889l6j wrote

na, just a bit of roasting; we all have our own little embarrassing laspses in knowledge.

but yea, i suppose the tone doesn't translate well with text.

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lukeman3000 OP t1_j89sy0a wrote

For the record, I didn’t give you downvotes on any of your comments : )

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lukeman3000 OP t1_j881bxp wrote

That seems a bit hyperbolic to me; sewing has never really been a needed skill for me and not knowing how to sew hasn't really impacted my life in any way. And even if I did know how to sew, I would still seek specific knowledge related to wool. Hopeless is probably the least relevant word to describe me, because of the fact that I'm aware of my ignorance.

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Ordforande t1_j88avm5 wrote

Why the down votes? In my country we learn how to do this in elementary school. It really isnt hard to do, trust yourself.

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lukeman3000 OP t1_j89sphh wrote

I didn’t downvote them, but in my opinion they came off somewhat judgmental that I didn’t know how to sew lol. Guess what, in elementary school we did not learn how to sew. Not everyone has the same experiences as everyone else.

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