Also called: French Reweaver, Textile Reweaving Specialist
Repairs moth holes, burns and tears in fine suits, sweaters and rugs by weaving in threads pulled from the garment itself until the damage disappears.
She lays a $2,000 wool suit jacket with a cigarette burn under a magnifying lamp. She pulls single threads from inside the hem, then weaves them through the hole one by one with a fine needle, matching the pattern. Three hours later even the owner cannot find where the hole was.
Mostly self-employed or in small shops; work also comes by mail from dry cleaners nationwide.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. No degree; learned through years of apprenticeship with a master reweaver, who are now rare.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Fashion Design, Textiles.
Shrinking. Few people learn this dying craft, though skilled reweavers have more work than they can handle.
Low risk for 10 years. Weaving single threads by hand under a magnifier is about as un-automatable as work gets.
Classes: Art, Family and consumer science (sewing), Geometry.
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