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21-22 January, Merci Concept Store, Paris, France. On these two days I’ll be at Merci in Paris to repair clothes that people bring along, or have choosen from a pile of vintage clothes, as part of their exhibition “Imparfait” (link in French only.)

9-10 March, Edinburgh Yarn Festival, Edinburgh. On 9 March, 14:00-17:00h I’ll be teaching a Darning Master Class (Swiss darning and stocking darn). On 10 March I’ll be teaching another Darning Master Class 10:00-13:00h, and 14:00-17:00h a Specialist Darning (for big holes) class. You can find details here. Please note, booking opens on 15 October 2016, 14:00h (UK time.)

Brighton Repair Café

I volunteer at the Brighton Repair Café. We meet every last Saturday of the month and help you repair your stuff, ranging from garment repairs to small electrical goods, bicycles, and more. To find up-to-date information about venue and date of the next Repair Café, please check their blog here.

exhibitions

I currently have no exhibitions planned.

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on January 22, 2013 at 8:32 am | Reply Mending Resources – Recursos de Zurcido » Jo's Loft

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on April 29, 2013 at 5:49 pm | Reply galeforcewindy

Have you ever considered online classes? I’d love to attend a workshop where you present your Visible Mending Programme, but it’s not likely I’ll be in the UK in the next two years. I’d attend online if you held a video chat session. Or I’d buy your course if you presented one on Craftsy.com or the like …
on May 7, 2013 at 11:50 am | Reply itwasjudith

any classes planned after May? London area, Brighton would also be ok.. or anywhere that is cheaply reachable from central London – student budget 🙂 cheers
on May 13, 2013 at 9:43 am | Reply Bev or Quiltingbee

Just LOVE your darning ….. is it possible to get notification of your classes?
- on May 13, 2013 at 9:59 am | Reply tomofholland
  
  At the moment the easiest way to stay up-to-date with my classes is by liking my tomofholland facebook page.
on June 24, 2014 at 8:02 am | Reply E-book update | My Make Do and Mend Year

[…] The Visible Mending Programme to highlight the art and craftsmanship of clothes repair. As well as exhibitions, events and workshops, Tom is a regular at the Brighton Repair Café, and flies the flag for visible mending wherever he […]
on July 15, 2014 at 3:46 pm | Reply chloe's window » Blog Archive » Unwind Brighton – Part 1

[…] we attended the darning drop in class by Tom of Holland. Again a first time experience for me, seeing the arrays of cute darning […]
on November 19, 2014 at 3:09 pm | Reply mended | on a colonial farmon a colonial farm

[…] I lived in United Kingdom, I would register for Tom van Deijnen’s darning class in just two day’s time in Dalston, London. Van Deijnen started The Visible Mending Programme, […]
on January 26, 2015 at 6:30 pm | Reply Repair: an act of creativity and singularity

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on April 13, 2015 at 1:39 pm | Reply Visible Mending Programme, UK | first and lasting

[…] In addition I have a small number of darning workshops I’m just finalising, so I won’t be able to publish details just yet, but you can keep an eye out for them here. […]
on May 26, 2015 at 11:22 am | Reply Karen Hutchens

I have been searching for books on darning. Are you able to suggest any?
- on May 26, 2015 at 4:46 pm | Reply tomofholland
  
  Sure! Here’s a blog post I wrote about the very subject: https://tomofholland.com/2014/07/23/mending-books/
on September 17, 2015 at 1:00 pm | Reply Slow Thinking Part 1: Blurred Boundaries | tomofholland

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on October 19, 2015 at 1:01 pm | Reply Slow Fashion October, Week 4: WORN | Fringe Association

[…] Tom van Deijnen (aka @tomofholland) runs the Visible Mending Programme and launched the #visiblemending hashtag on […]
on March 21, 2016 at 11:25 pm | Reply mended

[…] I lived in United Kingdom, I would register for Tom van Deijnen’s darning class in just two day’s time in Dalston, London. Van Deijnen started The Visible Mending Programme, […]
on April 4, 2016 at 1:57 am | Reply Judith Angelo

I have never been interested in knitting, but I love the whole notion of mending and want very very much to learn darning – from socks to worn elbows to ripped scarves to fine Irish linen. I’ve been collecting vintage threads and mending yarns…
Do you take inexperienced fakers who don’t knit?

Thank you for your wonderful work and sharing.

Judith
- on April 4, 2016 at 6:26 am | Reply tomofholland
  
  Thanks for your message Judith. For the darning master class you do not have to know how to knit. For the Big Holes specialist darning class you do need to be able to knit. Hope this helps, Tom
on August 23, 2016 at 8:07 am | Reply Sheila Mothes

Great initiative!