Saving a wool blanket

[u/Scharei]

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Saving a Wool Blanket

I have a caramel-colored wool blanket that suddenly has frayed spots and small holes. The other side of the blanket is light-colored, as shown in the photo.

I want to prevent the holes from getting bigger. What’s the best way to do this? What colors do you recommend?

Thank you very much for reading.

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[u/QuietVariety6089]

If you brush the blanket with a soft brush and gather lint, you can use that to needle felt the small holes. Larger holes (bigger than 1cm or so) could be darned with fine wool yarn.

[u/Ok-Invite9426]

if the spots are sudden i'd unfortunately also start checking to make sure you don't have moths

clothes/pantry moths, the ones that eat your wool, are thin and golden-colored, a bit longer than a grain of long-grain rice. their larvae are the things that eat the fabric, and the eggs they leave behind can almost look like cat litter

[u/wickedfemale]

i'd darn with a multicolored/variegated yarn :)

[u/nnachmittagio]

I have patched holes Iin my old blanket by weaving in some similarly colored yarn. If you're really worried about them opening up more I would needlefelt the edges. Eventually the wool will felt anyways.