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I am in Florida for Hurricane Milton support and as I was opening boxes on a distribution line, I knicked my jeans.  I need a quick fix once I returned to the hotel. Luckily, I almost always travel with my army sewing kit. I will admit it isn't the prettiest job in the world, but it will prevent it from getting larger. Shout out to Ms. Polson my 7th grade Home Economics teacher.

**edited I used 100% cotton thread. I know it may not be best suited for repairing denim, but it came with the handy sewing kit that I have had for years.
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hand mending a hole in jeans
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hand mended hole in jeans
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Darn it! Sock got a hole. Good to fix while it's small before it inevitably enlarges. Not my first time darning but I couldn't find my mushroom so used a tennis ball. Used 100% wool mending yarn, I buy small vintage lots of it on ebay from time to time. Seems less available new but maybe I don't know the right terms to search for. Kinda wished I'd used some yarn a little thicker while I was doing it but worked out fine.
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the patient and the kit
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hand darning the heel of a sock
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hand darned sock
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Chris Clinton wrote:Darn it! Sock got a hole. Good to fix while it's small before it inevitably enlarges. Not my first time darning but I couldn't find my mushroom so used a tennis ball. Used 100% wool mending yarn, I buy small vintage lots of it on ebay from time to time. Seems less available new but maybe I don't know the right terms to search for. Kinda wished I'd used some yarn a little thicker while I was doing it but worked out fine.


Wow, I am jealous on your vintage mending wool! Here even the vintage 'stopwol' (Dutch for 'mending wool') has 15% of nylon in it. Regularely I'm searching in second-hand stores, always hoping for real wool (and other natural materials), but never found a 100% wool mending wool
 
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I darned my long purple sock. I used 100% cotton yarn and fixed it up real good. Now I'll be nice and warm for the winter.
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The hole to be addressed
The hole to be addressed
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Cotton yarn and yarn needle
Cotton yarn and yarn needle
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Darning in process
Darning in process
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The completed, renewed, refreshed, revitalized sock!
The completed, renewed, refreshed, revitalized sock!
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r ranson wrote:mend a hole in fabric (maybe a sock) using quick darning.

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  -  Show the hole in your cloth, darning needles, and thread/yarn
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  -  Show a picture of your no-longer-holey cloth

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  -  It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to be functional and not too bulky

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  - All textile badge bits require natural fabrics and threads, such as cotton, wool, silk, linen/flax, and nettle. Synthetic materials are not allowed, even if they are recycled or repurposed.



While visiting WL, my wool leggings got holey. I was able to find 100% cotton thread but I wish I could have found wool thread. The thread seemed thin so I doubled the thread. I used an apple as a substitute for a darning egg.
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A sock needed mending. I used cotton darning thread.
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Hole, needle, thread
Hole, needle, thread
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Cotton thread
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Darning
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Finished
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Thrifted sweater with holes in the elbow area. Used wool thread from another wool sweater I unraveled.
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holes in elbows of a wool sweater
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needle and wool yarn for darning
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darning holes in a wool sweater
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I have never done this before and I finally figured out what to use this needle and this yarn for.

I followed this tutorial. This one didn't use the weaving method, does this still count? I don't think my patch was big enough for it - it still ended up being pretty much invisible. I can't even figure out which side of the sock I mended.

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hole in sock with materials to mend it
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using a rubber ball as a darning egg
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darning a hole in a sock
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I caught this hole while it was small and was lucky to have matching thread!

1) the hole in the heel of a sock, needle, and Egyptian cotton thread
2) creating horizontal part of thread grid
3) finished inside
4) finished outside
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sock darning with thread
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finished sock on my foot with closeup of hole
finished sock on my foot with closeup of hole
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i have a pair of jeans with a hole. i have a needle and a spool of mercerized cotton thread from a time capsule sewing kit. i have time on my hands and a need to accomplish something. anything. even just obfuscating my underwear.
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jeans with hole, needle with mercerized cotton thread
jeans with hole, needle with mercerized cotton thread
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half-finished darning of hole in jeans
half-finished darning of hole in jeans
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finished product: jeans with visible mend
finished product: jeans with visible mend
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