How to Repair a Moth Eaten Sweater

If your sweater has substantial moth damage, your best bet will be to have it professionally reknit. In this process, knitters will remove some threads from the seam or other part of the sweater and knit them in by hand, thread by thread.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• bonding agent
• yarn
• large needle

1. Look in the Yellow Pages under Weaving and Mending for a local connection to someone who will reknit or reweave your sweater. You might also find a talented knitter through church groups or at a local senior center.
2. Using a large needle and two- or three-ply yarn, simply cover over the flaw in the sweater by stitching from edge to edge of the moth hole. Use embroidery stitches if you want to create a flower or other object.
3. Use a fabric bonding agent to fix smaller holes. By following instructions exactly, you can do a nice repair job without needing to hire a knitter.

Tips & Warnings

• There are several reweaving companies online that will allow you to send in your sweater for repair. Simply enter "sweater repair" or "reweaving" into a search engine.
• If you knit, always save some yarn that can be used to repair the sweater later if it becomes damaged.
• It will be unlikely that you can find an exact match for the sweater's original yarn. Be creative and use a contrasting yarn for a spot of color.
• Having a garment reknitted is rather expensive. The cost for repairing a small hole can be $20 or more and cost goes up as the damage gets worse.