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Household Hints & Help

cyclonefence

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3. I use embroidery floss

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 11:20 AM

Oct 2017

if I can't find real darning thread. I have a few spools of the old stuff I inherited from aunts and grandmothers. But embroidery floss is almost the very same thing; you can double or triple the strands to get the thickness of thread you want. If you use regular thread it's going to take hours and will not give you a satisfactory darn anyway.

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I'm starting to darn socks with holes in them. [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 OP

What were the socks made from? janterry Oct 2017 #1

The latter: cotton/acrylic no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #2

I'd just use a cotton darning thread janterry Oct 2017 #5

I use embroidery floss cyclonefence Oct 2017 #3

You use thread of the same color as your socks so no one realizes what you are doing, of course. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2017 #4

good choice. darning socks without holes in them seems like a waste of time. unblock Oct 2017 #6

I fix my sons MFM008 Oct 2017 #7

Sounds like it's toe-nail clipping time of year packman Oct 2017 #9

no he kicks open a lot MFM008 Oct 2017 #11

Start with the right tools and get a darning egg, blunt darning needles, and speacial procon Oct 2017 #8

I would use the thin yarn used specifically for knitting socks, since it will have Nay Oct 2017 #10

Someone needs to develop a Tinder or Grinder app for single socks... LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #12