How To Repair A Hole In The Toe Of A Sock

Wait!  Don't throw out your favourite pair of socks but considering they have a hole in them.  With a needle, thread and you can set up them in near three minutes.  How to darn a sock …

Darning socks is something I started doing when I was a child.  Information technology was 1 weird thing in a long list of weird things that interested me. My mother, who had fun making her own hats, bras, porcelain dolls, wearable, stained glass, folk art,  and wool washing lather  – thought my sock darning addiction was ridiculous.  Which makes no sense.  Mind you, neither does having to turn down the radio in the machine if we're not sure of where nosotros're going, still here we are. Sometimes thing just don't make sense. Like having a child who dreams of living in the basement of Downton Abbey.

I understand in that location aren't many of you that want to know how to darn a sock, (a term I'm using loosely) but if you take a favourite pair and specially long toenails, information technology'southward something that might involvement you.

Most of the sock darning in this household is done on my pajama socks.  The large, ugly, cushy socks I like to clothing instead of slippers.  I have an unexplainable attachment to these socks.  They're like blankies for my anxiety.

So in an endeavour to go even closer to my childhood dream of condign a scullery maid, I darn my socks.

Again, I'm using the term darn loosely. Darning involves weaving thread so it mimics fabric.  What I'm doing here is sewing upwardly a sock the same way you'd run up a sweater. It's a technique that is close to invisible and doesn't exit a large lump in the sock which would be annoying on the bottom of your pes.

How to Darn a Sock.

You'll need:

Thread in a colour similar to the sock

A tennis ball, low-cal seedling or any other circular object

A needle

A Sock with a hole in information technology

Step one – Place your sock over a tennis ball or lightbulb
(y'all tin can also simply stick your hand within the sock if yous prefer).

Step 2 – Thread your needle
(I am using white thread just to make it easier for y'all to see what I'm doing in the pictures)

Step iii – Tie a knot in the end of your thread then insert needle on the inside of sock.

(this way your knot will be on the inside of the sock. At that place are other more complicated ways to showtime your line where you have no knot at all, only I'm keeping information technology elementary here)

Whatever CHARA CTER Here

Stride 4 – Pull your thread through, leaving the knot on the within of the sock.

Any CHARA CTER HERE

Stride 5 – With your needle, pick upwards one single stitch at the edge of the right side of your hole.

Any CHARA CTER Here

Footstep 6 – Pull your thread all the way through, without pulling information technology tight.

Whatsoever CHARA CTER HERE

Pace 7 – Insert your needle nether a single thread to the left of the hole.

ANY CHARA CTER Here

Footstep eight –Pull your thread through without pulling information technology tight.  You're creating a criss cross design on TOP of the sock.

ANY CHARA CTER HERE

Continue this pattern moving from left to correct.

ANY CHARA CTER Hither

Step 9 – One time yous get to the acme of the hole, gradually motion your stitches closer together.

Whatsoever CHARA CTER HERE

Pace x – Gently start to pull the thread.  This will close upwardly the hole.

ANY CHARA CTER Here

Step 11 – Insert needle back into the spot information technology last came out, picking up a thread or ii.

ANY CHARA CTER Here

Footstep 12 – Pull the thread nigh all the fashion through, leaving a small loop at the end.

Any CHARA CTER Here

Pace 13 – Bring your needle back around and stick it  into the loop.

Whatever CHARA CTER Hither

Footstep 14 – Pull the thread tight to create a knot.

ANY CHARA CTER HERE

Stride xv– Insert your needle at the summit of the repair and let it come out about halfway down.

Whatsoever CHARA CTER HERE

Step xvi – Pull the thread all the way through.

Whatever CHARA CTER Hither

Step 17 – Snip the tail stop of the thread off close to the sock with pair of scissors.

Any CHARA CTER Here

Done!

(call back y'all tin can see the seam on this sock because I used white thread to brand it easier for you lot to see … use the advisable coloured thread and it'll be invisible)

ANY CHARA CTER HERE

At present here's the funny part.  These socks are then worn out … I've decided to finally chuck 'em.  By the time you read this post, they'll be gone.

Speaking of which, I just remembered information technology's garbage night. A scullery maid's work is never done. Darn it.

→Like to Sweat, Swear and do Stuff? GET MY POSTS emailed to you three times a week←

Source: https://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/how-to-darn-a-sock/

Posted by: berkowitzhathimerent.blogspot.com

Share this post