Mending Class: Darning

Fix your tattered socks, sweaters, and knit textiles with a simple woven type of mending known as darning! In this 3 hour workshop, Erin Eggenburg will teach you 3 different types of darning, and practice each technique on a provided sampler. Bring your knits in need of darning, and leave with a plan for mending.

In this 3 hour workshop you will:

• learn what darning is
• gain insight of darning materials and how to choose materials to use for a specific darning project
• create a darning sampler using 3 darning techniques

Materials (included)

• darning needles (or yarn needles)
• thread and yarn
• embroidery hoop and sampler material

Class will take place at Monster. Our address is 1716 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107 - kitty corner from Mighty-O Doughnuts.

If you cannot attend class for any reason, we will offer an exchange to another class currently on our schedule up to 48 hours before the class. After that time, no refunds or exchanges are issued out of respect for our teachers who purchase and prepare supplies based on the number of attendees.

Our current Covid protocol is that anyone attending an event can email us at [email protected] to let us know they prefer that people wear masks up to 72 hours before the event begins. Your request is anonymous to all the other participants.

Attendees will receive an email before the class to let them know If we will be requiring masks be worn.

Erin Eggenburg is a maker, mender, and author and instructor who resides in Portland, OR. She is the owner of wrenbirdarts, an embroidery and mending supply shop, and author of The Mending Directory. Erin teaches a variety of visible mending and embroidery classes regularly. Learn more about her visible mending projects at wrenbirdarts.com.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Monster, 1716 Northwest Market Street, Seattle, United States