FOUR ECONOMY MEASURES
When you are buying wool for socks, buy it by the pound, not by the ounce, as half-ounces of wool which cannot be matched are wasted, advises a South African writer. Always buy more wool than is really required for children's socks, as a clever knitter can refoot the socks. In fact, there is a design which enables you to knit the' heel, sole, and toe separately.
When you buy men's socks it is wise to run a few threads of wool of the same colour backwards and forwards in the heels and toes before they are worn. This adds quite a long time to the life of these rather expensive garments. In darning always cut the ends of each long interweaving so that the threads do not shrink.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 84, 5 October 1940, Page 16
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132FOUR ECONOMY MEASURES Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 84, 5 October 1940, Page 16
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