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in this video we're going to take a look
at how to perform a braid stitch
we use the braid stitch for all kinds of
mending for holes and repairs here in
the shop but one of the things that we
like to use it most for our stretch so
i've got the bottom of a legging here
and leggings have a really extreme
four-way stretch so we need a mending
procedure that can stretch with the
fabric
what we're going to do is take a as best
of matching colors we can find and so
here we've got this kind of periwinkle
purple
and we're only going to do one strand
doubled over
with our needle
and then we're going
put a very small knot at the bottom
we want this to be really invisible
little tails
right
then
i'm reaching in and kind of stretching
the fabric
over my finger to give me a little bit
of tension again because it's a stretch
fabric
and then i'm taking the needle and
grabbing the tiniest bit
and starting on the whole side
so that that
little knot is going to be hidden right
there so that's the inside where you see
my finger is the inside
then
we come
just a little ways up
and we start
taking these little bites
on either side of the hole
trying to keep our stitches very close
to each other and very close to the edge
and i'm not pulling
very tightly right now because i want to
keep being able to see the stitches
but as i pull them
and the stitches become closer
that's where you see the hole starting
to close
there we go
just trying to get really close to that
edge
and really close to each other
and we're always coming from the whole
side
under the fabric
and out the edge
coming in from the hole
out the fabric
toward the outer edge
that's how we are braiding the stitch
together braiding the clothing together
and also giving it that four-way stretch
stability
so that
these can remain performance wear
heavy use
high function
but without holes
all right we're going to get a few more
stitches
i'm going to do one on either side
a little too much see i'm really only
grabbing a few threads at a time
and now
i'm going to
gently i'm going to put this thumb on
top of the mend
and gently pull
i'm stabilizing the hole by holding it
but then i'm
pulling firm but
still gently to tighten up those
stitches because i want to make it
so that it's really difficult to see
them you see that
then
when i think i've finally gotten it
tight enough
i'm going to knot us off
so i'm going to stick my needle through
to the back
so we are just
knotting off
so we've pulled that nice and tight
we have a
simple little knot there on the back i'm
just testing it a little
we're gonna clip those
threads really close there
okay
and that can be washed
obviously worn stretched
and
should give this customer another whole
lifetime with these pants
beautiful
love it
and it's as simple as that so the two
things that we want to make sure of are
that we have a really good as good a
color match
for the thread as we can just in case we
see those little stitches and that at
the end we want to
pull firmly with the thread but not too
tight that we pull the stitches out so
there's a really happy medium there and
feeling holding the hole with one thumb
and gently pulling the stitches as they
tighten you'll actually be able to see
them tighten and that's key that's where
we want to be
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