Learn how to darn socks using a darning egg – thank you Francesca: I wrote this post to remind readers of a simple, satisfying, but sadly dying art: mending socks, using needle, thread and a timeless tool, the wooden egg, and thus rejuvenating a garment that would otherwise be thrown away, together with its (healthy) other half. In my language, Italian, this technique is known as “rammendare” (mending), though in English it is “darning”.
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I remeber a wooden ‘mushroom’ being used for the same thing…
I grew up watching my mother darn my socks while I did my homework. I’ve taught my daughter. I figure it’s one of those lost arts, along with navigating a rotary phone.