Look at that ugly mess in the middle of my knitting. I couldn't be more proud of it ;)
I just darned my first sock. Usually when my socks get holes in them I just put them away and don't use them anymore. These are my Hedera socks I made from corn yarn.
I really hadn't worn them that much when I got them caught on a nail in a doorway and it made a hole in the bottom :(
I'm also excited to be doing a little be of 'Make do and mend' courtesy of Brenda Dayne. She had a series of podcasts devoted to mending and finding clever ways of using things around the house and to make-do with what you have. It was very inspiring. I want to do more of that. In the past I've bought sweaters at thrift stores (nytjamarkaðir) and even partly unraveled them and tried to knit with the resulting yarn, but I want to do more of that. So watch this spot. Don't wait around. It might take me a while to get to it ;)
And not to forget. If you are thinking about darning your first sock, or freshening up on the technique; this is what I used:
4 comments:
thanks for the video link, may need to use it to fix Steph's Sheldon. :)
Good video! I've done this on sweaters, but never on socks, not yet anyway. I have this idea that if I get hole in the toe of one of my socks, I will undo it and reknit the toe. I'd probably be more likely to do what you did and just put them away!
Gott hjá þér!
Thank you. It was really worth it and it didn't take long. Nor was it complicated.
Go darning!
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