Perhaps the most difficult thing in patching wool is to find matching shade if you want to make it as invisible as possible.
I had to make it invisible because he had lean at something sharp that
had torn a hole to the upper back part of his woollen pullover. I don't
need to say it was almost brand new...
Start with fastening the yarn without knots. Take it under fibres for about 5cm to one direction and then back.
If there really is a hole in the wool you need to make help rows for patching. Take the yarn from right to left and back as many times as needed. Go from down to up or opposite. Meaning that these right-left running threads should form like ladders.
Create new knitted surface by using these right-left running thread ladders. Use chain stitches. The chain goes from down to up and formes similar surface like knitting. You can use as many chains as needed. But if the hole is big you need to fasten the chains to the ones on its both sides. You will do just fine. See how it goes on the knitted surface and copy / reproduce it.
Only when the patching is done take away the untidy loose ends and other messy things from the right side. Do not cut anything!
Use a small hook to pull the thread ends to the other side.
This is how it looks finished. Not invisible but don't get frustrated. It will smooth down and get more invisible in use. The life itself will fade it more.
Fasten the remaning end of the yarn.
Fasten it to another direction that you did on the begin.
So that these start and end points won't make the patched part look more thick.
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