I've always wondered why sweaters come with...

...a little piece of yarn around the price tag. That was, until Matt asked me to fix his glove. He said there was a hole in the thumb. Maybe he had snagged it on something? Oh no, when he said hole in the thumb, he really meant that the tip of the thumb had come unraveled (think fingerless gloves...) Luckily, it had only begun to unravel, and the loops for the yarn to go through were still intact so it would be a pretty simple fix - all I would have to do is thread the yarn through the loops, pull tight, knot and viola!

Well, that would have been simple if I had yarn. Of course, as a crafter I do have yarn, but not that ultra thin yarn that only mass manufactured knitted products use. I had remembered one of my recent sweater purchases came with a bit of extra yarn on the price tag (and because it seems everything I own is grey and said gloves were grey it would have been perfect!), but of course I had just cleaned before Matt arrived for the weekend so I think it disappeared into the trash.

Plan B. I didn't think thread would look as nice as yarn would, so I thought for a minute and then I remembered my early days of knitting with cheap polyester yarn that would come unraveled. So I went and got some of my (grey!) yarn and cut a little bit off and unraveled it. I then used 1 piece (remember polyester yarn appears to be 3 pieces wrapped together) and threaded it through the largest eyed needle I have. I weaved it through the loops that were still there, pulled tight and it looked good as new! Except, I may or may not have missed one of the loops...oops!

All in all it appears that it worked, but we shall see one Matt actually wears it. One concern I have is that the yarn I used was pretty weak once unraveled, so hopefully it doesn't come undone again. If it does, I may just have to buy a new grey sweater so I can get that thin thread that comes wrapped around the price tag :)