Responding to my reinforced / visible mended sweater Donna DeCourcy wrote:
“I think your darning is wonderful and you really have created a unique item with more life for the garment. My comment is this: I think your friend has a good idea with adding a little more darning at the shoulder, only because it will draw the eye upward rather than linger in the middle. I had an art teacher once who taught us to be conscious of where the eye travels through an art object and my eyes stayed on the darning you already have.
That is it! That is my 2 cents, for what it is worth.”
I wasn’t going to anything further but Donna’s argument made sense to me – instead of keeping the eye at my thickened middle, I should add further reinforcement closer to my shoulder to draw the eye toward my face, which I did last night.
With the sweater on, it’s obvious I still need to do more! I need more darning closer to the center – a couple of small patches like the ones just at bust level yet attached in some way to the work I did last night.
I can see this project may have no end! Once that’s done, I’m sure I’ll decide I want some darning on the back as well!
jmn 
Looks great. I haven’t learnt how to darn yet, but looking at this, I really should
I’ve worn the sweater – lots of complements! It is, after all, a one-of-a-kind.
Thank you, Judith for taking my advice. I do like the addition and like your idea of adding a little more at center. Your darning is so neat and even, it really looks like it belongs.