Nice!! My gram used a light bulb...

I have one, but no handle & not fancy woods. I think it was home made. :-)
I have used mine a lot, have done many socks ! ;-)

I guess that I date myself, when I say that I had to help keep the "holey socks" basket empty when I was growing up. It was what we did sitting around in the evening, listening to radio, before the 'TV' era. But, we used a light bulb for the egg.

That is beautiful!

I just use a light bulb. It's hard to find darning cotton anymore. I've resorted to a very thin knitting yarn, or sometimes embroidery floss. Just fixed a pair of socks last night!

My mother had both the egg and the mushroom I couldn't find the egg when I closed her house but have the mushroom and I use to darn socks for my husband when we were first married (no money) he loved them he said they didn't hurt his toes.

I remember one with a handle. It must have belonged to my mother because unfortunately, I never knew either of my grandmother's. I've darned lots of socks in my time and always used a light bulb, works great.

Oh, I have my Grams' here in the sewing box. I only darn my woolen socks when the heels wear down. I gave up on the cotton socks a long time ago. My "egg's" aren't as fancy as yours. No handle or prettiness to them, but very functional just the same. Grams dried gourd's of some kind. You can still hear the seeds inside rattle. Darn things must be over 60 - 100 years old. The smaller ones are for children's socks.

Here is a ceramic one I found at a second hand store many years ago. It has a little ribbon that goes through his head for hanging it up.

Great memories. Yes, my mom used one that was wooden but it did not have a handle. She sputtered everytime it was time to "darn" something. She did not like that part of being a homemaker!