Have you ever had a good sock with only one hole in it?  What a shame to have to make it into a rag or toss it into the garbage can.  I had a pair of socks I did not wish to throw out just yet.  So I decided the sock was worth a darn.

 

 

 

To darn a sock one needs proper tools.

•  a darning needle
• an old light bulb (There are also products such as wooden eggs for darning that one may purchase.)
• darning thread or suitable yarn (If convenient, choose a color to match the color of the sock.)
• a holey sock

 

 

 

Insert the light bulb into the sock to stretch out the hole into it proper shape.

Begin the darning without making a knot on the tail of the thread. A knot will be uncomfortable to walk on. Leave a loose tail which can be woven into the darning later on.

With overcast stitches, catch places in the knitting where stitches could run.  Do this around the perimeter of the hole.

After completing the first round, you may start the weaving. Make stitches in one direction until the area is sufficiently covered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete the weaving with stitches perpendicular to the first set of stitching.

 

When the entire patched area is covered, weave the end of the thread into the woven area several times and cut off the end so there is not dangling thread.  Do this to the tail of thread that was used at the beginning of the darning process.

 

 

Now you are free to try on the sock and give the darning a work out.

photo credit:Bretta Grabau
photo credit:Bretta Grabau
photo credit:Bretta Grabau
photo credit:Bretta Grabau
photo credit:Bretta Grabau
photo credit:Wenda Grabau