I'm starting to darn socks with holes in them.

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8. Start with the right tools and get a darning egg, blunt darning needles, and speacial

heavy darning thread. The egg, or mushroom, gives you a base that lets you re-thread the gap and then reweave the missing threads. A good sewing store might stock the items you need, but I know Amazon does because I've bought some spools of darning thread in a perfect color match.

I have my grandma's old darning kit, everything stored in a tin cannister that once held mint candies. I've used it to repair some expensive apres ski booties that got snagged, and my granddaughter's favorite pink leg warmers that got a run from her dog's nails. Darning works on anything that is knitted, like scarves, mittens, caps, even sweaters. Have fun, darning is very relaxing for me.