Originally Posted by firebird
My grandmother used one of these to repair runs in nylon stockings during WWII. She was paid quite well as nylons were expensive. I remember watching my mother use it as well to do the same. We have sure gotten spoiled with pantyhose being so inexpensive to buy. Wish I had my mother's tool, just for memories.
This reply is terribly late, but I really got behind while I was ill this spring.
I, too, remember the days when we had our precious nylon stockings mended during WWII. (If you didn't mend the nylon, you soon were wearing rayon, and those were UGLY!!) We took them to JCPenney's where they had several girls doing the mending. They would stretch the run in the stocking over a small glass like a cream cheese glass, and were very fast at their work, moving the hook rapidly up and down to catch the stitches. Quite an art! And it really was appreciated during the war.