Re: Darning Socks
Janet Hamlin
How exactly do you darn socks? Is it different from sewing up a hole in
any other piece of clothing or is there a certain stitch/pattern used?
Janet
any other piece of clothing or is there a certain stitch/pattern used?
Janet
Carrie Wright
We throw them in the garbage and as we toss say DARN socks!!! :)
Carrie
Carrie
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Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Darning Socks
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Alicia Bayer
We just sew it up. :)
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Tami
First you need a darning egg :) For real, I have a glass one.
You put the egg in the sock and start darning (sewing) I have only done it a
few times, socks are pretty cheap......sometimes :)
Indiana Tami
You put the egg in the sock and start darning (sewing) I have only done it a
few times, socks are pretty cheap......sometimes :)
Indiana Tami
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> We throw them in the garbage and as we toss say DARN socks!!! :)
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Tia Leschke
>First you need a darning egg :) For real, I have a glass one.An old light bulb works too.
>You put the egg in the sock and start darning (sewing) I have only done it aYou basically create a warp by taking the thread back and forth from one
>few times, socks are pretty cheap......sometimes :)
side of the hole to the other. Then you weave the thread over and under
those warp threads to fill it in.
Tia
Penn Acres
I used to love darning socks when I was 9-12. I asked my Mom if I could darn all of the socks. I still remember her laughing at me when she said yes-and that was about 54 years ago. Mostly socks were all or part wool-we lived in a rural area but my Dad managed a feed store in town.
I remember the darning "egg" It was red -brightly enamel painted wood. Shaped like a sturdy mushroom with a short rounded stem -that you could put into the fingers of woolen gloves when you memded them. The top was rounded and about 2-3 inches wide-lovely smooth and rounded-I can feel it still.
The wool came in hanks of various colors or my mom had small balls of black/greys/browns. It was very important that the wool match as closely as possible especially on my dads socks-he could be a tyrant.The trick was to do them before the hole got too big.
The stitch was started a ways from the hole-if the edges were wearing but not a hole you did that first to give a firm area-You used a weaving stitch and then crossed the gap which was centered on the "egg: and weave a ways into the sock material on the other side of the hole, If you just turned around and went back it made a lumpy edgeYou made the weave very close and tight in the hole and feathered out on the edges so as not too make a hard ring. No knots on the end of the wool. We had a "darning basket" of course and the socks with the worst holes never seemed to make it to the top to be next. Holes in the toes are the hardest to get just right and be comfortable. sometimes you had to "weave" almost a whole new toe. I learned on my own woolen winter socks and walked on my "mistakes" so it made sense to do it right. I had to be good before I could do my dads -.
After Allan and I were married I still darned his wool work socks but with kids it usually seemed like a chore. Havn.t darned for years-just seems easier to buy more-We still wear lots of wool socks-I wear two pairs every day in the winter instead of slippers.
But you know what?...I have a really nice pair of wool socks in my bottom drawer that have the heels out. I might just show the kids some slow day this winter.
grace
who is supposed to be wrapping christmas presents while the girls are in town at dance and skate.
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I remember the darning "egg" It was red -brightly enamel painted wood. Shaped like a sturdy mushroom with a short rounded stem -that you could put into the fingers of woolen gloves when you memded them. The top was rounded and about 2-3 inches wide-lovely smooth and rounded-I can feel it still.
The wool came in hanks of various colors or my mom had small balls of black/greys/browns. It was very important that the wool match as closely as possible especially on my dads socks-he could be a tyrant.The trick was to do them before the hole got too big.
The stitch was started a ways from the hole-if the edges were wearing but not a hole you did that first to give a firm area-You used a weaving stitch and then crossed the gap which was centered on the "egg: and weave a ways into the sock material on the other side of the hole, If you just turned around and went back it made a lumpy edgeYou made the weave very close and tight in the hole and feathered out on the edges so as not too make a hard ring. No knots on the end of the wool. We had a "darning basket" of course and the socks with the worst holes never seemed to make it to the top to be next. Holes in the toes are the hardest to get just right and be comfortable. sometimes you had to "weave" almost a whole new toe. I learned on my own woolen winter socks and walked on my "mistakes" so it made sense to do it right. I had to be good before I could do my dads -.
After Allan and I were married I still darned his wool work socks but with kids it usually seemed like a chore. Havn.t darned for years-just seems easier to buy more-We still wear lots of wool socks-I wear two pairs every day in the winter instead of slippers.
But you know what?...I have a really nice pair of wool socks in my bottom drawer that have the heels out. I might just show the kids some slow day this winter.
grace
who is supposed to be wrapping christmas presents while the girls are in town at dance and skate.
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My mother always used a real egg. As you can imagine it was very cold
holding it and sometimes she would have a mess. lol
Laura
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holding it and sometimes she would have a mess. lol
Laura
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In a message dated 12/15/2003 4:48:14 PM Mountain Standard Time,
leschke@... writes:
-=->First you need a darning egg :) For real, I have a glass one.
-=-An old light bulb works too.-=-
I have a wooden one, but I don't use it. I just use my hand.
I need more light now that I'm old, and I'm patient enough to keep my own
tension.
So its weaving thread over the hole. I go three ways. I do a zigzaggy first
pass, weave it straight across, and then finish with a diagonal pass.
Did another one this afternoon, but it's white on white and doesn't show.
Sandra
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leschke@... writes:
-=->First you need a darning egg :) For real, I have a glass one.
-=-An old light bulb works too.-=-
I have a wooden one, but I don't use it. I just use my hand.
I need more light now that I'm old, and I'm patient enough to keep my own
tension.
So its weaving thread over the hole. I go three ways. I do a zigzaggy first
pass, weave it straight across, and then finish with a diagonal pass.
Did another one this afternoon, but it's white on white and doesn't show.
Sandra
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Coyote's Corner
Grace,
Thank you so very much for this. I have some old wool socks that I love!! But there are holes...I will try darning soon.
Thanks for the time, the instruction and the glimpse into a simpler time.
Peace,
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Thank you so very much for this. I have some old wool socks that I love!! But there are holes...I will try darning soon.
Thanks for the time, the instruction and the glimpse into a simpler time.
Peace,
JanisCoyotes Corner
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----- Original Message -----
From: Penn Acres
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:47 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Darning Socks
I used to love darning socks when I was 9-12. I asked my Mom if I could darn all of the socks. I still remember her laughing at me when she said yes-and that was about 54 years ago. Mostly socks were all or part wool-we lived in a rural area but my Dad managed a feed store in town.
I remember the darning "egg" It was red -brightly enamel painted wood. Shaped like a sturdy mushroom with a short rounded stem -that you could put into the fingers of woolen gloves when you memded them. The top was rounded and about 2-3 inches wide-lovely smooth and rounded-I can feel it still.
The wool came in hanks of various colors or my mom had small balls of black/greys/browns. It was very important that the wool match as closely as possible especially on my dads socks-he could be a tyrant.The trick was to do them before the hole got too big.
The stitch was started a ways from the hole-if the edges were wearing but not a hole you did that first to give a firm area-You used a weaving stitch and then crossed the gap which was centered on the "egg: and weave a ways into the sock material on the other side of the hole, If you just turned around and went back it made a lumpy edgeYou made the weave very close and tight in the hole and feathered out on the edges so as not too make a hard ring. No knots on the end of the wool. We had a "darning basket" of course and the socks with the worst holes never seemed to make it to the top to be next. Holes in the toes are the hardest to get just right and be comfortable. sometimes you had to "weave" almost a whole new toe. I learned on my own woolen winter socks and walked on my "mistakes" so it made sense to do it right. I had to be good before I could do my dads -.
After Allan and I were married I still darned his wool work socks but with kids it usually seemed like a chore. Havn.t darned for years-just seems easier to buy more-We still wear lots of wool socks-I wear two pairs every day in the winter instead of slippers.
But you know what?...I have a really nice pair of wool socks in my bottom drawer that have the heels out. I might just show the kids some slow day this winter.
grace
who is supposed to be wrapping christmas presents while the girls are in town at dance and skate.
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My mom used one of those plastic eggs that L'eggs pantyhose come in.
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crystal.pina
My mother always used a real egg. As you can imagine it was very cold
holding it and sometimes she would have a mess. lol
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Why didn't she just boil the egg first? I thought of a boiled egg when the
first person mentioned a glass one.
Crystal
holding it and sometimes she would have a mess. lol
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Why didn't she just boil the egg first? I thought of a boiled egg when the
first person mentioned a glass one.
Crystal
Fetteroll
Just in case anyone was feeling the need for some reports from the "other
side" there was this little bit in the current Consumer's Report:
"a Harvard University study found that participants who ate sweets, lived,
on average, almost a year longer than those who didn't."
:-)
So I'm going to go eat some chocolate now.
Joyce
side" there was this little bit in the current Consumer's Report:
"a Harvard University study found that participants who ate sweets, lived,
on average, almost a year longer than those who didn't."
:-)
So I'm going to go eat some chocolate now.
Joyce
pam sorooshian
On Jan 4, 2004, at 12:47 PM, Fetteroll wrote:
I just got home from the grocery store. While I was there I called home
and asked kids and dh if there was anything they wanted me to get.
Rosie asked for cucumbers, grapefruit juice, and sunflower seeds. Cyrus
reminded me to get toilet paper <G>. Rox wanted green apples. Cyrus
wanted oranges if they had any.
I, on the other hand, got butterscotch chips to make cookies and a
bottle of cranberry juice (which I realize is loaded with sugar).
Compared to my own past eating habits, I eat very well these days.
Compared to the rest of my family, I'm the sweets-lover.
-pam
National Home Education Network
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> "a Harvard University study found that participants who ate sweets,And ENJOYED life twice as much, too? <BEG>
> lived,
> on average, almost a year longer than those who didn't."
I just got home from the grocery store. While I was there I called home
and asked kids and dh if there was anything they wanted me to get.
Rosie asked for cucumbers, grapefruit juice, and sunflower seeds. Cyrus
reminded me to get toilet paper <G>. Rox wanted green apples. Cyrus
wanted oranges if they had any.
I, on the other hand, got butterscotch chips to make cookies and a
bottle of cranberry juice (which I realize is loaded with sugar).
Compared to my own past eating habits, I eat very well these days.
Compared to the rest of my family, I'm the sweets-lover.
-pam
National Home Education Network
<www.NHEN.org>
Serving the entire homeschooling community since 1999
through information, networking and public relations.
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"a Harvard University study found that participants who ate sweets, lived,
on average, almost a year longer than those who didn't."
I should live forever. lol
Laura M.
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on average, almost a year longer than those who didn't."
I should live forever. lol
Laura M.
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