{"id":1678,"date":"2019-01-15T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2019-01-28T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T04:51:27","slug":"janky-umbrella-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/janky-umbrella-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Janky umbrella repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had my umbrella for a long time. I think I got it in middle school. So the canopy is getting a little worn, especially where the skeleton folds. My first thought was to patch it, but the fabric is unusual. Fortunately, those nylon umbrella sleeves are perfect for cannibalizing. I often find them abandoned on the ground. We also have a ton at home that are never going to be used.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1630\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1630 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6466-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6466-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6466-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6466-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6466.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These patches are from an umbrella sleeve I found in Pittsburgh. The orange circle is also an umbrella part I picked up. Okay, my patch placement and shaping were not ideal&#8230; Maybe if they were all the same shape, size, and orientation it would work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1631\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1631 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6467-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6467-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6467-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6467-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_6467.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At least the patches were sewn very neatly! I even hid the raw edge of the fabric.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I intend to keep this umbrella forever, and I have many more, variously colored umbrella sleeves to use (: Hopefully my umbrella looks more purposeful in a few years, once I get a few more patches on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had my umbrella for a long time. I think I got it in middle school. So the canopy is getting a little worn, especially where the skeleton folds. My first thought was to patch it, but the fabric is unusual. Fortunately, those nylon umbrella sleeves are perfect for cannibalizing. I often find them abandoned &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/janky-umbrella-repairs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Janky umbrella repairs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1740,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions\/1740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}