Another one bites the dust
19 March 2022 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeMy brown silk shirt, having been repeatedly patched/reinforced in the armpits, has now ripped again down the arm the first time I wore it after mending the previous rip -- I could darn it again with an underlying patch, but I just don't think it's worth it. The garment is obviously worn out. It did manage another two years after the initial patching operation.
The sides-to-middle sheet, on the other hand, has been functioning very nicely once I finally finished all those darns and got the worn edges through the hemmer attachment on my WW1 sewing machine; that's the difference between holes in otherwise sound material and holes caused by cloth wearing too thin to stand up to the normal strains of wear.
(And the reflector has come off the rear wheel of my bicycle, or at least one end of the plastic snapped so that it was hanging loose and banging dangerously. Fortunately wheel reflectors -- as opposed to pedal reflectors -- are not a legal requirement. Unfortunately the gear change is still not working reliably.)
The sides-to-middle sheet, on the other hand, has been functioning very nicely once I finally finished all those darns and got the worn edges through the hemmer attachment on my WW1 sewing machine; that's the difference between holes in otherwise sound material and holes caused by cloth wearing too thin to stand up to the normal strains of wear.
(And the reflector has come off the rear wheel of my bicycle, or at least one end of the plastic snapped so that it was hanging loose and banging dangerously. Fortunately wheel reflectors -- as opposed to pedal reflectors -- are not a legal requirement. Unfortunately the gear change is still not working reliably.)
