SPECIALIZED SOLUTION. IT’S NOT EVERY DAY WE MEET A MAGICIAN, BUT TONY COLOMBO CERTAINLY QUALIFIES GUYS. SO I’M JUST FOLLOWING THAT BLUE THREAD. REWEAVE THING IS, THE MAGIC OF MAKING HOLES DISAPPEAR. SWEATERS AND SUITS, PLAID AND HOUNDSTOOTH. THIS CHARLESTOWN ARTISAN REPAIRS THEM ALL INVISIBLY ON SMALL HOLES. I DO WHAT’S CALLED THE FRENCH WEAVING AND THAT IS TO REPLACE EACH OF THE BROKEN THREADS GOING BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY. BUT ON LARGER HOLES I TAKE A PIECE OF EXACTLY MATCHING FABRIC AND THEN I WEAVE EACH FRAYED THREAD IN ONE BY ONE BY HAND, AND ON ALL FOUR SIDES, COVERING THE HOLE. COLOMBO LEARNED THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF REWEAVING FROM HER MOTHER, WHO LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER. SHE SEEKS OUT HIDDEN SPOTS ON GARMENTS, CUFFS, SEAMS, POCKETS TO FIND REPAIR MATERIAL, SWEATERS ARE A SERIES OF LOOPS. JOIN ED LOOPS SO THE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT, SO IT’S EITHER ONE BY ONE, REPLACING THE YARNS OF WHAT IS MISSING, OR THERE IS ANOTHER METHOD THAT THAT WAS INVENTED BY MY FAMILY THAT IS A SECRET THAT I REALLY CAN’T SHARE. HER CANVAS IS TYPICALLY NATURAL FIBERS, LINEN, COTTON, CASHMERE, AND WOOL THAT MAKES MOTHS HER ENEMY. THESE MOTHS HAVE REALLY, REALLY GOOD TASTE. THEY GO FOR YOUR FINER WOOLENS. THEY NEVER GO FOR THAT BAG OF, YOU KNOW, OF STUFF YOU’VE BEEN MEANING. TO GIVE TO SALVATION ARMY. THEY ALWAYS GO FOR YOUR BEST THINGS. WHAT IS IT ABOUT WOOL THAT HAS MOTHS CHOWING DOWN? THE LARVAE EAT KERATIN TO GROW. THEY FIND THAT PROTEIN IN ANIMAL FIBERS LIKE WOOL, SILK AND CASHMERE. THEY’LL ALSO GO AFTER FOOD STAINS. OR BODY OILS LEFT BEHIND ON CLOTHES. COLOMBO SAYS RESCUING GARMENTS IS MEANINGFUL TO HER AND HER CLIENTS. CLOTHES ARE A NECESSITY, BUT THEY ALSO INVOKE EMOTIONS WITHIN US. WE BECOME QUITE ATTACHED TO OUR CLOTHES AND SO WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT FAVORITE, NOW YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL. AND TONY SAYS THERE AREN’T A LOT OF PEOPLE PRACTICING THE ART, WHICH IT IS OF REWEAVING. YES, SHE ESTIMATES IN THE US THERE’S PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN OTHERS DOING THIS. SHE IS TEACHING HER METHODS TO HER COUSIN IN HOPES THAT HER TECHNIQUES WILL LIVE ON AFTER SHE DECIDES TO HANG UP HER NEEDLES. AND THAT IS CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I’M SHAYNA SEYMOUR AND I’M ANTHONY. EVERETT HAVE