HOW TO DARN STOCKINGS.
A Useful Ult of Knowledge For tbe Vabf Sex. If there be a secret to successful darn* ing, it lies in "running" tho thread of the darning cotton so far on each aide of tha hole that it does not immediately fray and pull out of the goods. Take a lon<? thread of darning cotton to begin with 'and run it at least half an inch along the goods on each side of the hole. Continue tiiis until the hole is snugly covered. Now cross these threads in the regular darning style, taking care that the same precaution is observed. A stocking darned in this way will wear, us far as the darning is concerned, just as long as though no hole had ever existed. To darn very large holes, such as are apt to occur with even the most careful steppers when shoes are loose at the heel 9 or are ill fitting, something mors than a thread of darning cotton is necessary. A case like this requires a patch. Sach holes almost always occur in the hrel so that in treating of the method of mci ding them it is safe to take the heel for a model. From the leg of au old stocking, such as ia sure to be found in your basket, cut a kite shaped piece of goods about 5 inches long and 4 inches across. Turn the stocking wrong side out and lay the kite upon the heel, so that the long pointed end runs up the back of tho leg and the lower rounded part is at tho base of the heel. ''Run" down the center of the kit* with a stout linen thread, taking rather* large, loose stitches. Now "run" in the same way across the kite shaped piece, letting the thread be very slack. The nest step is to sew the patch tightly to the heel, which is done by Btitching it around the outside. If deftly done there will be neither wrinkle nor crease to tell the wearer that so important an operation has taken place upon the heol of the stocking. Patches that are made of material other than bits of eld stockings are apt to be harsh. And it is by their use that the patched stocking has fallen into disrepute among comfort loving people,
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Manawatu Herald, 30 April 1898, Page 4
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392HOW TO DARN STOCKINGS. Manawatu Herald, 30 April 1898, Page 4
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