![]() The "bent needle" looking thing is for closing the latch of the miniature latch hook to make it easier for pulling the threads through without having to close it with your fingers. Again the only "scam" was that it takes WORK! I learned Vinyl Repair from a correspondence course from the same guy. The only reason it was considered a "scam" is because it requires REAL WORK! HA! It was not a scam. ![]() ![]() The "bent pin" part is just handy for counting threads and parting the fabric between threads, teasing threads out (when you're making that fringe which you will "re-weave" over the damage) etc. but the latch-hook is bulkier than a needle, so there's a trade-off. French Reweaving requires that you constantly thread a regular needle the "Fabricon" meathod uses this "latvh-hook" and so it saves time. one of the comments above is a pretty good description. They are hard to find? Any suggestions?įrench Reweaving (called the "fren-way" system by the same guy who brought you the Fabricon system) just uses regular needles (or especially fine needles). Would love to find a couple of the tools myself. When fringed and placed over the hole, (more detail than I can tell you), the fringed thread are pulled through, in and out of the fabric, causing the new piece to "weave" itself into the fabric. The hole is covered by a piece of fabric from the same garment, cut from an inconspicuous place. Beats replacing the garments! The last time I spoke with her about it (a while ago), she was charging upwards toward $40 for a tiny hole. My Mother still reweaves to this day and makes great money repairing expensive clothing/items for customers. It is part of a French reweaving program by Fabricon. I can see what the latch hook is for but does anyone know what the other protrusion is for? (the thing that looks like a bent pin?) I just found one of these gadgets at a thrift shop. Is anyone interested in selling me theirs? I have been looking for one of these everywhere. I really like it and I cannot see it as a scam if it came with instructions and I learned how to use it. It came as a kit with the Fabricon reweaver and the French Reweaving method. My husband paid for the Fabricon Reweaving Course in the 1990s. Those things are GREAT! I love how they work! I have a reweaver that broke when we were moving. I put it away when all that polyester knits came on the scene. It is from the 50's and I did use it quite a bit for snags and rips. I just found it again and would like to repair some snags in a rug I have. So it looks like this is from the early '50s. In the early 50's he was selling a correspondence course to learn commercial re-weaving and making false claims. I did a little research on this and it seems that William Bogolub, DBA Fabricon Co. The hook end looks very much the same as a rug hook and that little flap moves up and down, I can imagine that was very beneficial in doing the weaving. There was also a spiral-bound book published in 1968 called "The Fabricon Method of Invisible Reweaving." There's an antiquarian book seller online who wants $35 for a copy. "I haven't seen one of these in years! My Grandmother had one - she would fix snags with it - and you used to be able to buy them in the notions department." I asked a friend about this and here's what she said:
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