You'll probably use a mix of regular thread and embroidery thread and different thicknesses of yarn. (Right, from left to right) A regular sewing needle, an embroidery needle and a tapestry needle. (Left, from top to bottom) Worsted weight cotton yarn, cotton tapestry thread, embroidery floss and sewing thread. Menders attribute the increasing interest, in part, to a growing awareness of ethical issues within the fashion industry: exploitative labor practices, significant carbon emissions and millions of tons of clothes going into landfills. A flurry of "how-to" books have been published in the last five years (including one by Khounnoraj), and social media has become a hub for sharing mending ideas that emphasize artistic flair and self-expression. Instead of trying to hide the repairs, she fixes in a style known as "visible mending," where you use noticeable threads, fabrics and decorative techniques to show off your mend. Today, Khounnoraj, a Canadian fiber artist, mends her own clothes. "Kids would tease you because they would be like, 'You can't afford a new pair of jeans.'" "I remember when she would mend the clothes, she would make them very invisible because there was this association with shame, with wearing clothes that had holes and things were mended," she says. When Arounna Khounnoraj was growing up, her family didn't have much money, and her mother, a seamstress, made and mended Khounnoraj's clothes. Arounna Khounnoraj, Visible Mending, © BOOKHOU 2023
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