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Netty-Lou

Re loving old textiles. Turning what already exists into something new and useable.

In collaboration with curating a community made wearable piece of art themed on the film ‘Ocean’ by sir David Attenborough.

05/11/2026

04/11/2026

On 21st November the ‘Mended By You’Kit launches at Eyam Makers Market and I am beyond excited to share it with you. There are currently 10 Mending kits being packed ready from the pre-launch to send to you wonderful humans who are ready to learn a new skill and choose love over landfill. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Mending has been a part of my life for a long time now, It’s how I look after the things I love and every stitch I make keeps something out of landfill. For me, that’s one of the kindest things I can do for our planet. It’s a slow, cosy, good for the soul process and it turns a hole into a story. There’s no better way I love to spend a winter evening.

So If you have ever looked at a favourite piece of clothing with a holes in it and thought “I can’t let you go yet”, this kit is for you. You don’t need to be a sewer, everything you need is in the bag with a booklet to gently guide you and a certificate (made on a 100 year old print press machine called Maude) waiting for when your last stitch is in because when you choose to mend, that moment needs to be celebrated.

Eyam Christmas Market is 21st to 29th November (closed on the Wednesday) come along and visit us and bring your mending story, I would love to hear all about it.

If you would like, you can reserve your kit now and I will have it waiting for you at the market.

Reserve your kit by Wednesday 18th November when my order book will close for this batch of kits.

⭐️ Collect from my stall at Eyam Christmas Market

⭐️ Or have it posted out Monday 30th November in time for Christmas delivery.

Kits are £30 + postage if you’d like them sent.

www.nettylou.co.uk (Link in bio) to order yours.

Thank you for helping me put a little more mending into the world and remember that mending is just love made visible!

03/11/2026

“Oh Wow!”

That was Patrick Grant’s reaction today when he saw The Ripple Effect dress.

I’m still smiling from ear to ear. Patrick was the guest speaker at a WI event in Chesterfield today and over 800 members attended. We took the dress with us and I can’t tell you how lovely it was to see how well it was received, so many smiles, photos and so many questions from people who wanted to know how it was made and who made it. The word ‘Stunning’ was heard a lot! I thought of each and every one of you who contributed and felt that every photo taken today was for every single one of you. This dress holds a whole community at its heart and it reminds me what we can do when we make with love and purpose.

Thank you, Patrick, for taking the time to come and have a proper look, it meant the world. Your kind words were much appreciated.

I’m so proud of what we’ve all made together. Thank you to each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart!

02/11/2026

Seven of the first ten kits have found their new homes and I am beyond grateful and excited that so many of you are joining the mending revolution instead of throwing things away. My heart is full! 🧡

Three kits are left, each with a small gift sewn by me tucked inside. If you’ve been quietly thinking about having a go or you know someone who has something they love with a hole in that they can’t quite let go of, this kit would be a great way to encourage them to choose love over landfill.

I will post these pre-launch kits on Friday 6th November or you can collect free from my stall at Eyam Christmas Market from 21st November.

To order visit: www.nettylou.co.uk or link is in my bio.

Mending is just love made visible | Mending Matters | Love over landfill

01/11/2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s pre-LAUNCH DAY TODAY ⭐️⭐️⭐️

At 6pm TONIGHT, the first 10 ‘MENDED BY YOU’ Kits go live and I am SO excited.

It has been really important to me in designing this kit to hand you a skill, not just a product. My mission is to teach the world that we can all mend what we already own, saving our planet, one stitch and piece of clothing at a time.

Inside is everything you need to start learning to mend: Sashiko needles, thread, printed pattern sheet and waste fabrics to practise on, an instruction booklet to gently guide you and a certificate to celebrate YOU when you’ve completed your stitching.

Each of these first ten kits, as a little thank you, comes with a hand sewn gift from me.

Kits cost £30 + postage.

These first 10 kits will be posted on Friday 6th November or you can collect for free from my stall at Eyam Christmas Market from 21st November.

To purchase the link is in my bio.

Once these first edition kits have found their new homes, the rest will launch at Eyam Makers Market (save the date 21st - 29th November) and THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for supporting me, not only in my dream but absolute passion in encouraging the world that mending is cool!

31/10/2026

Sometimes perfection doesn’t have a place, mending does! This beautiful John Smedley merino cardigan was donated to us at our Netty session last week and I knew just the trick to bring it back to life after the moths had had a play with it.

How do you feel about wearing something visibly mended? 🪡🧵

27/10/2026

This beautiful jumpsuit had a thin spot where the tag has been removed, the hole was only going to get bigger. So instead of hiding it, I stitched it using tiny sashiko stitches in orange and blue, working over the weak point of the hole. It’s still a beautiful jumpsuit but now one that’s been given a second life.

Got something with a hole or a thin patch? Bring it along to a mending session MEET, MAKE & MEND and we’ll stitch it together. 🧵

26/10/2026

I am SO loving my new way to turn up my jeans that are wayyyyyyyy too long!

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