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Someone here wanted to know what a darning egg is

Old 03-27-2011, 07:04 AM
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Default Someone here wanted to know what a darning egg is

This is a darning egg. I've had it for years and used it once or twice. I'm not a good darner.

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Old 03-27-2011, 07:05 AM
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My Gram had one of those!!
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Oh my!! I have my grandma's tucked away somewhere!! LOL I don't think I will ever use it!
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Nice. Very common in my "growing up" household.
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Is a darning egg what is use to darn socks? What exactly is darning?
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My mother used one of those!!!
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I have one but doubt I'll use it. Memory of my Mom darning our socks.
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I had one that looked like a mushroom. Beautiful timber in your egg.
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I need one of those for fixing knitted socks!!!
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This is what i found out. I badly wanted to know:

If you've worn a hole through your favorite pair of toasty woolen socks or slippers, darning can make them wearable again.

Darning is a type of sewing that repairs holes that are not on the seam, or in the case of socks, not on the heel

Read more: About Darning | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4694099_da...#ixzz1HoTFXGxT
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Is a darning egg what is use to darn socks? What exactly is darning?
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