I think patching would be rather easy, for me. Slap two fabrics together, and then keep backstitching until satisfied. At least, I repaired some seams and didn't have any trouble.
The problem is, putting a patch onto every hole is questionable aesthetically, practically and economically. But alas, even with straight-line rips, Youtube's answer outside of patches seems to be darning—and I understand the logic behind that solution, but I don't accept it as the final one.
There's also one guy (at least) who stitches such rips in one pass without darning and with minimal bunching-up, but he somehow seems to put the thread inside the fabric, which so far is like magic to me.
The problem is, putting a patch onto every hole is questionable aesthetically, practically and economically. But alas, even with straight-line rips, Youtube's answer outside of patches seems to be darning—and I understand the logic behind that solution, but I don't accept it as the final one.
There's also one guy (at least) who stitches such rips in one pass without darning and with minimal bunching-up, but he somehow seems to put the thread inside the fabric, which so far is like magic to me.