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

My Gram had one of those!!

Oh my!! I have my grandma's tucked away somewhere!! LOL I don't think I will ever use it!

Nice. Very common in my "growing up" household.

Is a darning egg what is use to darn socks? What exactly is darning?

My mother used one of those!!!

I have one but doubt I'll use it. Memory of my Mom darning our socks.

I had one that looked like a mushroom. Beautiful timber in your egg.

I need one of those for fixing knitted socks!!!

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

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