Mending socks

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and that there are some features you can't use or read.

We are an active community of worldwide senior members participating in chat, politics, travel, health, blogging, graphics, computer issues & help, book club, literature & poetry, finance discussions, recipe exchange and much more. Also, as a member you will be able to access member only sections, many features, send personal messages, make new friends, etc.

Registration is simple, fast and completely free. Why not register today and become a part of the group. Registration button at the very top left of the page.

Thank you for stopping by.

Join our community!

In case of difficulty, email worldwideseniors.org@gmail.com.
If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Pages:
1
2
3

Mending socks
Topic Started: Jan 21 2017, 06:48 PM (690 Views)
imjene	Jan 22 2017, 06:37 AM Post #16
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,960 Group: Member Member #745 Joined: April 4, 2010	I have darned a few socks in my day, but no more! Unless the rest of the sock appears to be perfectly good, I might sew up a small hole, but find that most of the time, if they are starting to wear to that extent, another darn will soon be necessary, etc.



lilal	Jan 22 2017, 06:40 AM Post #17
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,545 Group: Member Member #206 Joined: February 2, 2006	I think the last time I darned socks (husband's) was about 58 years ago. After I finished darning the lumps it made weren't comfortable for him to walk on. It was called "method in the madness"! 023 I was picturing you darnig with this Trotsky: https://www.lowes.ca/fluorescent-light-bulbs/feit-electric-13-watt-60w-spiral-gu24-pin-base-soft-white-2700k-cfl-bulb_9692247.html?af=3632&cse=3632&gclid=CMyzpK3j09ECFQ9EfgodS_oJFg&gclsrc=aw.ds laugh123



yaya	Jan 22 2017, 06:44 AM Post #18
Small Star Member Posts: 838 Group: Member Member #341 Joined: August 7, 2006	I can remember my Mom darning some socks for my Dad and remember telling her that I will never be doing that for my husband and I never did.



swing	Jan 22 2017, 12:43 PM Post #19
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Ive never darned a sock in my life and I'm not going to start now. That would apply to moi also, as many have implied I purchase 4 or 6 of the same colour!



FuzzyO	Jan 22 2017, 01:02 PM Post #20
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	All my socks are either black or black so I belong to the just-throw-it-away group. I wonder what happened to my mother's darning egg, must have a look for it.



Shorty	Jan 22 2017, 06:51 PM Post #21
Red Star Member Posts: 2,301 Group: Member Member #1,150 Joined: February 12, 2015	No to darning. I just bought 6 packages of socks. Three in a pack, $2 a pack. That'll last a long time. Maybe longer than me.



agate	Jan 23 2017, 04:35 AM Post #22
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Trotsky Jan 22 2017, 05:18 AM agate Jan 22 2017, 05:06 AM My mother used to darn our socks when she came to visit. I have her wooden darning tool that came from Holland and for some reason I have MIL's wood one that came from Russia. One is concave and the other convex. I have never darned a sock. I had such a wooden tool inherited from my mother but it seemed to disappear somehow. It was shaped like a turkey drumstick...I cannot imagine a use for a concave one. So now I use a light bulb. It works well even if I never have one nearby when I decide to do my annual darn. <I MUST have an interesting TV show playing or the DARN boredom laugh123 might be fatal.> I would post a picture but have not used the camera for some time and do not have that one loaded into my computer as it was Ron's camera. Seems it is only my phone camera I use. Wish it was as easy posting those pictures as it is on FB.



blizzard	Jan 23 2017, 05:55 AM Post #23
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,152 Group: Member Member #1,012 Joined: July 8, 2013	I tried to darn socks, the skill was never passed down. I use socks with holes for dusting, had never thought of using them on a Swiffer, or for me, now a Vileda. I will now.



Trotsky	Jan 26 2017, 05:50 AM Post #24
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Durgan Jan 22 2017, 05:47 AM I darned socks as a kid, since I only had one pair. I consider the practice synonymous with going to church and about as exciting. I would have but we couldn't afford thread. laugh123



Trotsky	Jan 26 2017, 05:53 AM Post #25
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	erka Jan 22 2017, 06:09 AM Like Angora I never darned socks. Ray use to darn his wool socks using a light bulb. I stayed out of the room as I visioned the needle going through the bulb with cursing and cut fingers. always buy 6 or more pairs of the same socks - eventually quite a few pairs with a spare. I buy them by the dozen. Unfortunately, even then they wash differently with some pairs getting narrower than others, some getting shorter than others. So the job of matching becomes even harder.



agate	Jan 26 2017, 07:01 AM Post #26
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Trotsky Jan 26 2017, 05:53 AM erka Jan 22 2017, 06:09 AM Like Angora I never darned socks. Ray use to darn his wool socks using a light bulb. I stayed out of the room as I visioned the needle going through the bulb with cursing and cut fingers. always buy 6 or more pairs of the same socks - eventually quite a few pairs with a spare. I buy them by the dozen. Unfortunately, even then they wash differently with some pairs getting narrower than others, some getting shorter than others. So the job of matching becomes even harder. Miss matched socks are ok...I have been known for such a thing oooh 02 laugh123



erka	Jan 26 2017, 07:18 AM Post #27
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,330 Group: Member Member #233 Joined: February 8, 2006	Mismatched socks - is this a new "thing"? @ shoe stores, I see many young people wearing mismatched socks and I think "why not?"



agate	Jan 26 2017, 09:10 AM Post #28
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Certainly erka...why not. Remember all those years ago when you would not dare go out with out that dreaded "girdle" Thank God time have changed and we changed with them 023



Trotsky	Mar 2 2017, 07:41 AM Post #29
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	erka Jan 26 2017, 07:18 AM Mismatched socks - is this a new "thing"? @ shoe stores, I see many young people wearing mismatched socks and I think "why not?" If it catches on I am set for LIFE.



haili	Mar 2 2017, 12:51 PM Post #30
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,083 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	Decades ago I used to darn socks; yet another thing about marriage I don't miss!



2 users reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous)


Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · Household Repairs, Fix-It, Lend me a Helping Hand · Next Topic »

Pages:
1
2
3