Darning

Using a lightbulb as a darning egg

At the darning session there were sweaters to mend. Each had either worn thin in places or had developed holes (from moths and other minor hazards). One sweater was a hand-me-down from a grandmother. Several were thrift store finds. Others had been bought new. The most nontraditional  project was a pair of jeans with a frayed hole--instead of a patch they were given the darning treatment and looked wonderful!

Communal Darning

Working on Jeans

Reinforcing a Worn Area on a Sweater

Mending = Brain Food

Completed Darn...Hardly Visible!