How To Darn A Sock

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Instructional video from Greenfibres - mend your socks, don't throw them out!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• darning
• knitting
• crochet
• sock
• wool
• alpaca
• greenfibres

[cemcdani1]

When China calls America's loan and the Chinese are tired of us. You too may need to know how to save and extend the life of your socks. My grandmother put an old light bulb in the sock down where the hole was, then went to work. If you know how to knit, you can pick up the loops on your knitting needles and knit new knitting into the hole. Don't make knots though, it will hurt the foot of the person wearing it.

[20callenderslady]

Ughh,,, takes me back to the 'good' old days when darning clothes was common, and so was having to put cardboard into your shoe when it wore into a hole in the sole. Good to let people know that we weren't always a throw away society though!

[bikenutter1]

Thanks Mum.  :)

[mat939]

Finished 1, cramped hand but super pleased with results! Wish I knew how to post a pic of it!!!

[mat939]

Very helpful as my daughter is accident prone and currently has 3 pairs school tights that are 'out of action' due to rips. Just going to fix them now with the help of your video. And ironically, only yesterday I found a bag with old mushroom shaped handles from her chest of drawers that I'd revamped. Very nearly threw them away and thought hmmmm....and already found a use for them, yay..... Wish me luck!!

[jesustapdncingchrist]

You should use an old lightbulb

[TheQlauraq]

This is SO nice to know. I have read about darning in books, and heard some of my older relatives talk about doing it, but it has always been a mystery to me. I do sew and crochet and have been very interested in may fiber arts for years, so I've always also wanted to know how to darn a sock. Thank you so much for teaching me. I just darned a pair of stockings and it looks not bad for a first try!

[chachaandpowpow]

Thank you so much for posting this! I bought my son a pair of gloves and he put a hole in them straight away. Now that I know how to repair them I won't have to buy a new pair!

[lichenlife]

For those of us who don't have a grandmother to teach us the lost arts - thank you!

[lichenlife]

I just darned using a tennis ball in place of a darning mushroom... BAD IDEA! The fabric from the tennis ball is all caught up in the yarn!

Here are some alternatives to darning mushrooms that I came across: a wooden darning egg, an appropriately shaped dried gourd or squash, a rubber ball, a lightbulb (although it might break!), a green banana, an orange, a glass paperweight, a soup ladle, a glass jar.

What else could someone use if you don't have a darning mushroom?

[saroukman]

Thank you! My favorite pair of woolen socks will soon be whole again, just in time for Jan. in WI.

[childhoodcontinues]

My friend and I were just talking about how neither of us can do this. Thanks for posting! My socks are starting to look horrid and there's no money to replace them. Why replace what you can fix!