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 Six years ago, I wrote a post about a navy cashmere pullover I'd bought in Paris that spring. The lightweight sweater had quickly become a star piece in my wardrobe, and I'm sure I wore it at least twice a week for months. I tried not to wash it too often, and when I did I either hand-washed or used the delicate cycle in my machine, and never, EVER, did it go in the dryer. Of course.

Still, after three years of such steady wear and regular washing, the sweater had felted a bit, was pilling, and had even attracted some moth love.  Having established the need for a classic navy v-neck, I replaced it next trip to France during a Bompard 20% off sale, but I never got 'round to passing the old one along to a thrift shop.  In fact, I hung onto it because it was so gorgeously comfortable, so broken in (and a bit broken, for that matter!)  that I didn't have to fuss about it care-wise. To pull it on over a pair of pj bottoms on a chilly evening -- such a treat!

And I've been following Katrina Rodabaugh on Instagram, thinking about Slow Fashion, about making or buying garments we love enough that we want to extend their lives. . . 

Then some time ago, I saw that @londonoeil had sewn an embroidered date-of-birth patch on a thrifted sweater to, in her words, "challenge the marvellous 1970 Bella Freud pullover." I started thinking about doing something similar, and then came across this DIY video for embroidering a quotation or favourite phrase across the back or front of a sweater.

So I resolved that I might try something like that on the grey cashmere pullover I'd already performed some decorative stitchery on after it suffered some damage.

And months after making that resolution, I bought some lovely shades of Vineyard Strandable Merino needlepoint thread in a stitchery shop in Portland. Honestly, I'd have done just as well with the plain Merino thread, non-strandable, but I didn't know that at the time, and I'm not even sure the shop carried it. In fact, I probably could simply have raided my stash of leftover knitting yarn, but I wanted a range of colours in a consistent, strong thread, and that's what I got.

I'd intended to play more with the grey pullover, but last week, going through the summer storage boxes, I pulled out the older, worn navy one, and decided to rehabilitate it instead.

I cast about a bit for what I'd like to write on this well-worn sweater, and finally fixed on Tant Mieux, the French phrase meaning "So Much the Better" or "All the Better" -- my subtle backtext being that both sweater and I are all the better for our, um, experience.

I've just finished stitching it in these photos and have tried it on with a favourite linen skirt, J Crew from a few years ago and just pulled out of the storage box last week. Yesterday was an at-home day, and even the little bit of makeup (blush, mascara) I normally wear never happened. Pale bare legs -- tant mieux, right?

Above, a quick summary of my method -- I'd first tried drawing the words on the cashmere with a white tailor's chalk pencil, but between the nap and the stretch, that didn't work. So I wrote the words on tissue paper and pinned that to the sweater, stitched right through sweater and tissue guide, then ripped the tissue paper out afterward.

Thought you might like one photo with the words right way 'round, so I took a selfie

Not sure I'm done playing with this one. I've also embroidered a daisy-stitch over a cashmere patch in the oddest near-underarm spot where a hole appeared -- that one doesn't show unless I'm waving my arms around wildly or reaching for something up high. . . I had thought of blanket-stitching 'round the hem, but I think this might be enough for now. Although I'm rather tempted to add Tant Pis on the back (literally "so much (the) worse," but used the way we might shrug a "tough luck" or "too bad" in English).

As I noted when I posted about my sashiko mending, this isn't everyone's aesthetic -- and perhaps most of you would have been so careful with the cashmere that it would have withstood hundreds of wearings, never needed resurrection. But if you've found ways to extend the life of a beloved garment -- or of a thrifted one -- I'd love to know about it. And if you've got a favourite phrase you think is perfect, should you ever decide to needle-doodle on the back of your sweater, perhaps you'll tell us what that might be. 

I'll await your comments -- for now, let's pretend I've embroidered Happy Tuesday!! on the back of my sweater, just for you. . . Happy Tuesday! 

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