My task for this morning was to mend two gray sweaters knit of shetland wool. I have mended so many moth holes or wear holes (where I roll up the cuff) in one that it almost didn't matter what I did, but, with the right yarn, a kitchener stitch fix worked fine. THe real challenge was a break at the bind-off at the hip (I knit top-down) on my Monet picture sweater--right in the middle in the front. It looked bad, and I was afraid of it unravelling. I looked at it and realized what I needed to do was to crochet-embroider a 2-inch area surrounding the break, and although I've never managed to crochet anything before, beyond chains to hold mittens together, it was obvious looking at this with crochet hook in hand what I needed to do. Since I had some of the original yarn, the fix is virtually invisible. Yeah, I feel smug!
Georgia