My feet are right at the top of most size ranges, which means I am constantly wearing holes in the toes. I have taken to darning the hole - or often sewing over the thinning patch to reinforce it before a hole wears through.

Whenever I see instructions for how to darn they use straight stiches like shown in this article, but I don’t feel that having a solid patch in a stretchy fabric works well, so use a netting style stitch instead so it has more give. (when I get some time I might do some pics/a tutorial to show you).

Does anyone else darn their socks (or any other knitwear) and if so what type of stitch do you use?

  • weirdsquid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Whenever I darn socks (which is not very not often), I try to do it before they get a hole, and then I follow the yarn to dublicate stitches (does that make sense?) If there’s already a hole, I use a ladder darner. Both methods are slower than using strait stitches, but so much more satisfying!

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      1 year ago

      I’ve not used a ladder darner. Most of the socks I have darned are quite thin dress socks, would a ladder darner work with those, or only for heavier knits?

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        1 year ago

        Thin fabric is not a problem - people used to repair stockings with ladder darners. But they are best used if single threads snap, creating a ladder. If the fabric is overall weakened, it’s probably not worth working with a ladder darner (a fidely business), since the original thread is unlikely to hold on it’s own.