Kit, I'll try. For the hole in the ginger bread man, you will just have to darn it closed. For the white bobble, you can either make a new one and replace it or tack the pull in place. For the pink chain edging, it looks like the stitch was stretched. See if you can work it back in place with a crochet hook. If not, tuck it back and tack it so it can't be seen. As far as I know, there is no other way to fix the hole in the body.

On the knitted piece, I can't be much help with the edges. On the hole in the middle, take a crochet hook and fix the stitches back together, then tack them where they should fasten. Try to do any tacking as invisibly as you can, and you can use regular sewing thread to do it. It won't be as pretty and perfect as it was originally, but will still be a nice keepsake and can be gently used. If they aren't fixed somehow, they will continue to come apart and your brother won't even have them for the memories.

Maybe someone else can give you better suggestions, but this is what I and another lady I know have done in the past.

Tami

How... do I darn?

Thanks for the other suggestions, though. I think I'll work on that tonight!

~ Kit

To darn, you very carefully do a weave, like basket weaving. First stitches going one way, then weave stitches the other direction. For the hole on the gbm, take brown thread, doubled and knoted. Then carefully pull the stitches back into place, making sure all loose ends are caught. You might not even really see the repair unless you look really hard.

Tami