Look up a tutorial online on how to do a blanket stitch, then get yourself an embroidery needle or a needle with a large eye in it and some wool thread from a craft store like Joann Fabrics or Michaels. They should have it in the embroidery section all together, but the employees are generally pretty nice and get beginners questions all the time if you get lost. Buy yourself a sheet of cheap felt from the kid's craft section while you're there.
Once you get home, practice the blanket stitch a couple times on the cheap craft felt until you're comfortable enough that you won't tangle your thread when you go to repair the actual blanket. Make sure when you're stitching that,you stitch a little bit further than the actual damage so that the threads don't continue to unravel past the repaired portion. If the tutorial for the blanket stitch doesn't tell you how to tie off your sewing, there's a lot of other tutorials online that will.
Good luck OP! If I can make a suggestion, pick a color of thread that doesn't perfectly match the damaged ones but looks nice with the blanket so people can see your mending. You worked hard on it and it's nice to show off a skill you learned.
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Reply to 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
Look up a tutorial online on how to do a blanket stitch, then get yourself an embroidery needle or a needle with a large eye in it and some wool thread from a craft store like Joann Fabrics or Michaels. They should have it in the embroidery section all together, but the employees are generally pretty nice and get beginners questions all the time if you get lost. Buy yourself a sheet of cheap felt from the kid's craft section while you're there.
Once you get home, practice the blanket stitch a couple times on the cheap craft felt until you're comfortable enough that you won't tangle your thread when you go to repair the actual blanket. Make sure when you're stitching that,you stitch a little bit further than the actual damage so that the threads don't continue to unravel past the repaired portion. If the tutorial for the blanket stitch doesn't tell you how to tie off your sewing, there's a lot of other tutorials online that will.
Good luck OP! If I can make a suggestion, pick a color of thread that doesn't perfectly match the damaged ones but looks nice with the blanket so people can see your mending. You worked hard on it and it's nice to show off a skill you learned.