Whether merino, cashmere or virgin wool - as high-quality as wool is, it has a tendency to pilling. Pilling is caused by friction during wear and leads to small, unsightly tangles. If pilling occurs, it does not always have to be shaved straight away. Sometimes it is enough to comb the garment with a lint brush. To remove more stubborn pilling, either a professional lint shaver or a simple wet shaver are suitable. If you gently stretch the material and glide carefully over the surface, the nodules will be gently and safely removed. However, the nodules should never be plucked off by hand, as this creates new threads that can pill again.

A hole doesn't mean the end of your favorite piece of clothing. Today, darning and patching are more useful than ever. All you need is a color-coordinated yarn and a darning or sewing needle. First, lightly knot the bottom end of the yarn and then sew over the hole as close to the edge as possible, stitch by stitch, until the area is completely closed. In the final step, the needle with the yarn is placed where the thread and fabric are not yet joined and woven from one side to the other. Finally, sew up with the help of a loop. You can also use a darning egg, a sewing machine and various tutorials to help you.

In addition to holes, loose buttons can also be easily sewn back into place. To do this, take a thread of a similar color twice and knot it at the end. Pick up the button after the first stitch. Sew the button on with three or four stitches. Then wrap the threads between the button and the fabric several times to form a bar. Finally, pull through the fabric to the back of the fabric and cut off briefly.

Everyone knows clothes that actually still fit wonderfully, but something is missing or annoying. Sometimes it's a faded color, sometimes it's an irreversible stain. Dyeing in a different or, in the case of a stain, darker color can make the garment shine in a completely new light. But be careful, not every material can be dyed. Cotton, linen, cellulose and viscose are best suited. But wool and silk also take on color. All synthetic fibers, on the other hand, remain impenetrable and color-resistant. Unfortunately, this usually also applies to seams and zippers. The dyeing process can be carried out in the washing machine or by hand. Afterwards, you should fix the garment with a dyeing salt so that the next wash cycle does not produce a loss of color and lead to further discoloration.

If trouser legs are too long or a midi skirt is to be turned into a mini skirt, the hem can be re-sewn very easily and almost invisibly. You don't need a sewing machine, just pins for pinning, a sewing needle, thread in the same color as the garment and a good eye. Turn inside out, fold the hem over until the desired length is reached and pin for safety. Thread the yarn into the needle and tie a single knot - do not double it. Now turn the hem piece over a little to the outside again for sewing and stitch alternately first into the hem piece with a stitch approx. 0.5 cm wide and then with a distance of 0.5 to 1 cm into the so-called seam material in only one thread of the fabric. This is called a blind stitch as the seam is not visible from the outside. Continue until you get back to the beginning, sew the thread, knot and cut off. The short version of the old new garment is finished.