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
Originally Posted by MommaDorian
Is a darning egg what is use to darn socks? What exactly is darning?