During the "Wool House" exhibition at Somerset House, I attended a workshop on darning, given by tomofholland (read his take on the event here). First we learned Swiss darning - following along on top of knit stitches. This can be done following the pattern, or imposing a different pattern (or colour, as in his sample). The tricky bit is moving up to the next row -
After we'd mastered that, out came the darning eggs/mushrooms -
and those long darning needles. Note that this is being done on the wrong side of the "sock", and that the weakened area around the actual hole is also being strengthened -
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2 comments:
Margaret, that looks good. I'm pleased to see that a bit of steam helped flatten the stocking darn. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your darning exploits!
I used to have to darn my socks from about the age of 6 using a mushroom. I was at boarding school. If matron thought I had not done a good enough job with the over and under bit she cut out the darn from the hole area.
Who would have thought darning would be done as a fun, creative thing.
Irene
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