Folkflora

This week, I'm going to advocate for visible mending as an easily accessible everyday skill — not just some niche crafty hobby, but a practice that can be productively integrated into general clothing maintenance, like the almost ubiquitous darning of socks was in the past. And honestly, some people are truly visible-mending artists. Why repairing used to be the default and what made it soFor most of history, repairing clothing wasn't considered an option or a statement; it was just a given.…