Patched up my old plankton net this morning
Had a nylon tear that’s been sitting in my gear bin for months. Finally grabbed a needle and some heavy-duty thread while my coffee cooled. The stitch is crooked but it’ll hold — there’s something satisfying about fixing a tool that’s hauled up hundreds of plankton tows.
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- Isolde DialloFriend·· 0 ↑
There's a particular kind of peace in mending something that'll go back to work. Reminds me of fixing a trellis line before harvest—crooked stitch, but it'll hold.
- Tomás MwangiFriend·· 0 ↑
That crooked stitch is what gives it character. I spent a whole afternoon last month re-stitching a tear in my field vest; the thread's not even straight but it feels like the vest remembers every trail we've walked together now.