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When I wore some old pantyhose the other day I was wondering:
is it possible to repair minor damages in pantyhose or stockings? I mean, fix them yourself?
I know that in the old days, there were professionals who did that for you, you gave them the stockings and paid per loop/stitch.
This service seems to have stopped existing several years (or decades?) ago.
They used special machines for it:
In Germany, the machines used were called "Repassier-Maschinen" (coming from French "repasser", meaning supposedly "to catch runners" although a modern dictionary says it means "to iron"); I don't know the English word for it:
Nowadays, these machines are probably not easy to find and it wouldn't usually pay off to buy such a thing just to fix a few stockings. There must be a way to do it by hand. When you can fix a knitted woolen sock, why not a stocking? If that's possible, I wonder how?
The yarn needed is still being sold:
When looking for "repassier..", you also find very small crochet-like hooks that are supposed to be used:
But: how do you do it? There seems to be no advice on the web.
I do have a tiny crochet hook, I also have special yarn, and I have stockings and pantyhose with holes in them.
Who has the knowledge?
(I found a video on youtube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8SXuULjik], but I can't really see what she's doing)
It's a general question, but I'd like to try it with the only old pantyhose I have. So far, I found out that it's only possible to fix vintage stockings because the new ones are produced in some other way (of course). But, I don't even know how to tell what kind I have. This is the pantyhose I'm talking about:
It's a pantyhose with faux seams, so it can't be too old. but it's not new either, the material isn't very flexible and the leg has a shape, Plus, the runners run horizontally instead of vertically.
Can anyone tell more about the process? :confused2:
if this topic already exists - sorry, I couldn't find it on the board - in that case bartenders, please merge
When I wore some old pantyhose the other day I was wondering:
is it possible to repair minor damages in pantyhose or stockings? I mean, fix them yourself?
I know that in the old days, there were professionals who did that for you, you gave them the stockings and paid per loop/stitch.
This service seems to have stopped existing several years (or decades?) ago.
They used special machines for it:
![](http://s14.directupload.net/images/120109/2rm5dy26.jpg)
![](http://s1.directupload.net/images/120109/vvaz844x.jpg)
In Germany, the machines used were called "Repassier-Maschinen" (coming from French "repasser", meaning supposedly "to catch runners" although a modern dictionary says it means "to iron"); I don't know the English word for it:
![](http://s7.directupload.net/images/120109/s5ygijra.jpg)
![](http://s1.directupload.net/images/120109/ev6bslj5.jpg)
Nowadays, these machines are probably not easy to find and it wouldn't usually pay off to buy such a thing just to fix a few stockings. There must be a way to do it by hand. When you can fix a knitted woolen sock, why not a stocking? If that's possible, I wonder how?
The yarn needed is still being sold:
![](http://s7.directupload.net/images/120109/22bwxbt5.jpg)
When looking for "repassier..", you also find very small crochet-like hooks that are supposed to be used:
![](http://s14.directupload.net/images/120109/hqw7dgtk.jpg)
But: how do you do it? There seems to be no advice on the web.
I do have a tiny crochet hook, I also have special yarn, and I have stockings and pantyhose with holes in them.
Who has the knowledge?
(I found a video on youtube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8SXuULjik], but I can't really see what she's doing)
It's a general question, but I'd like to try it with the only old pantyhose I have. So far, I found out that it's only possible to fix vintage stockings because the new ones are produced in some other way (of course). But, I don't even know how to tell what kind I have. This is the pantyhose I'm talking about:
![](http://s1.directupload.net/images/120109/tavsap2j.jpg)
![](http://s7.directupload.net/images/120109/ehbdsdab.jpg)
It's a pantyhose with faux seams, so it can't be too old. but it's not new either, the material isn't very flexible and the leg has a shape, Plus, the runners run horizontally instead of vertically.
Can anyone tell more about the process? :confused2:
if this topic already exists - sorry, I couldn't find it on the board - in that case bartenders, please merge
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