How to Darn a Hole in a Knitted Garment

Inspect the damage. Clean any dirt or debris from the area.

Tie off any loose threads from the hole.

Cut a length of thread.

Insert one end of the thread through the eye of the needle.

Align the two ends of the thread.

Tie the ends off in an overhand knot.

Tie a second overhand knot to make the knot in the thread larger.

Starting about a centimeter to the side of the hole, and half a centimeter below, insert the needle from the back of the garment.

Pull the needle through to the front of the garment until the thread is taut and the knot catches in the back.

Take a single straight stitch going into a single layer of fabric and coming back up one row of the knit closer to the hole.

Pull the needle through until the thread is taut, but not scrunching or gathering the fabric.

Take another straight stitch towards the hole, going in and out of a single layer of the garment, passing the thread under a single row of the knit.

Pull the needle through until the thread is taut, but not pulling or scrunching the fabric.

Continue working across the hole taking stitches under every other row of the knit.

When you get about a centimeter past the hole, pull the needle through until the thread is taut, but not gathering or scrunching the fabric.

Turn the needle around and take a stitch going the opposite direction (towards where you started) just above your last row of stitches.

Pull the thread through until it is taut.

Stitch this second row the same way you did the first, but in the opposite direction. This time, go under the rows of knit you previously went over, and vice versa.

When you reach the end of this second row, turn around and continue stitching in the previous direction. Stitch rows back and forth until you have worked about a centimeter past the hole.

When you have finished sewing rows, take the needle and insert it across the top corner of your stitching at a forty-five degree angle, taking a stitch.

As you begin to pull the needle through you will see a loop form. Catch the loop with your finger.

Insert the needle into the loop.

Pull the needle through the loop.

Pull the thread taut, closing the loop and creating a knot.

Insert the needle at a forty-five degree angle to your previous stitching, taking the needle under one row of the knit.

Pull the needle through until the thread is taut.

Take another stitch crossing your previous stitching at forty-five degrees.

Pull the needle through until the thread is taut.

Continue stitching in this manner until you come to the edge of your previous rows of stitching.

When you come to the edge of your stitches, turn the needle around and begin stitching another line of stitches at a forty-five degree angle alongside the line you just made.

Continue stitching, alternating under and over the rows of knit.

When you have covered all your rows of stitching with lines of stitching at forty-five degrees, check your work to make sure that the fabric is not pulling or gathered anywhere.

Drive the needle into the bottom corner of your stitching.

Pull the needle through to the backside (inside) of the garment.

On the backside, take a small stitch very close to where the needle came through.

Slowly pull the needle through the fabric, creating a loop.

Catch the loop in your fingers.

Put the needle through the loop.

Pull the needle through the loop, creating a knot.

Pull the thread taut, tightening the knot.

Drive the needle under the knot you just created, catching a small bit of the garment in the stitch.

Slowly pull the needle through, creating another loop.

Put the needle through the loop.

Pull the needle through the loop creating a knot.

Pull the thread taut, creating a knot on top of the knot you previously made.

Clip the dangling threads and admire your handiwork.