A couple of weeks ago a friend gave me her favourite red cashmere jumper. Moths had a feast and they left holes all over the place. Otherwise it was still a lovely jumper, so it was the perfect candidate to enter The Visible Mending Programme. So this is what I came up with:
After going over the jumper with a comb to make sure I didn’t leave a hole uncovered, I used some Jamieson’s Shetland Ultra 2ply to chain stitched from hole to hole. I darned each hole with some judicious weaving. Then I got my crochet hook out and crocheted a ruffle made up from double, triple and quadruple sts. I bunched up the ruffle over each darned hole.
The hole on the back is slightly different: it has been closed by needle felting.
It’s my friend’s birthday tomorrow, so I think it makes a perfect gift!
tomofholland 
Those damned moths! But what a beautiful piece you have made out of such devilry.
Gorgeous! Wish you were here in NYC at some tailor shop doing custom work like this.