I was finishing a crocheted hat for my granddaughter, just needed to weave the ends of yarn in. I asked her to hand me the darning needle. She was surprised at how big the needle was and I explained it was used for darning. Of course the next question was “What is darning?”
I may be old, but I know what darning is, and will admit it’s not something I ever learned to do.
How times change. I too toss out socks when they have a hole. Another sign of the times. I match up the remaining sock with the one left over after the dryer ate its mate. There’s a reason I buy them in multi packs of the same colour.
Carol
Throughout the week I keep my eye peeled for something that might be hard to identify, but given the weather was either super cold, or super wet, I really didn’t get out much. Nor could I really find something around the house, other than an old rotary phone.
Of course after Debby showed me her picture I realized I had a couple of things that might not be easily recognized, like a tatting shuttle or a button hook. And for the record, I do know how to darn, but it’s really only worth the trouble on wool socks.
At any rate, I’d already chosen a picture of my granddaughter’s latest gift to me and saw no point in changing. I feel sorry for the people who have never had kids, or grandkids, because they’ve never known the joy of trying to figure out “what is it” when it comes to home made gifts. For the record, this was a dragon she made me in preschool, because she knows I love dragons and they were celebrating the Chinese New Year.
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