As a genre, spy fiction is thematically related to the novel of adventure (The Prisoner of Zenda, 1894, The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1905), the thriller (such as the works of Edgar Wallace) and the politicoâmilitary thriller (The Schirmer Inheritance, 1953, The Quiet American, 1955).
Hems can be adjusted by hand stitching, by sewing with a machine, or by using hemming tape that is melted with a warm iron to glue the material together. This page explains how to hem using a sewing machine that can do blind stitching. Many sewing machines costing less than $100 Dollars have this capability. In addition to the sewing machine, you will need scissors, a seam ripper, thread matching the color of the material, a tape measure, an iron, and an ironing board.
You can also use the yarn overs of lace stitch patterns as buttonholes. Such a yarn-over buttonhole will need to be reinforced by overcasting after it is completed. You can also make buttonholes on loose knits by simply slipping the button through the stitch. (This type of buttonhole must also be reinforced.) Which buttonhole you use will depend on the type of garment, how it will be worn, the position of the buttonhole, the size and type of button and your yarn.