September 27th, 2012
How to Darn a Sock using an egg!
I know now days most people simply throw out their socks when they get a hole but sometimes you get a pair so nice you want them to last as long as they can. A good pair of hand-made socks, or simply a favourite funky pair can be saved by darning the heel or toe. And sometimes if you are good, fixed so no one will notice. As most people no longer have a darning egg (a wooden egg used for darning) on hand you can substitute with a hard-boiled egg.
You Will Need
Hole-y sock
Matching thread
Needle
Darning egg/hard-boiled egg- cooled
Scissors
Step One:
Turn sock inside out. Insert egg into open end of sock. Stretch hole over egg.
Step Two:
Thread needle. Make a knot.
Step Three:
Begin darning sock using darning stitch (darning stitch - is a straight stitch that is woven in rows, working with the grain of the fabric. Then threads are run back and forth between grain stitches.Filling out the gap.) or a simple in and out looping stitch.
Step Four:
After you finish patching the hole. Fasten off thread. Cut with scissors.
Step Five:
Wear socks.
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