DARNING WISDOM

Shannon News, 28 February 1928, Page 4

DARNING WISDOM

How often does the family complain of hard of puckered darns, despite your best, efforts! This is,chiefly because the wool with which the darn was made has shrunk.

4 For darning vests, etc., buy the'fine wool that is sold in skeins and tie each skein in one or two places to avoid en. tangling the threads. Pour boiling water over the wool and leave for a few minutes. Then take it out* of the water and allow to drip and dry in the open air. When quite dry it is shrunk and ready-for'use." If the wool you have already on hand is wound on cards, you can unwind it, tie it in skeins, and shrink it—a little trouble, it%is true, but well wofth while.

Darn woollies closely, but loosely, with as fine a needle as possible — and never use double wool. Look over the garments each week, and darn over thyj thin places instead of letting them go into actual holes. L An Aid to Darning.

: An aid to darning is a wire suede 'brush. The small bristles of the brush will hold the edges of the tear or hole together, so that a narrow slit may be darned instead of- a large space. Added to tins the rows of bristles will guide the needle and make for straight \ darning. To Mend Stockngs.

I, Large holes in the knees toes and heels of children’s stockings may ye covered with' strong black net (out of which the stiffness has been rubbed), tacked in place on the wrong side and cut to' shape. Darn the net with self-coloured wool on the right side, and a neat, almost invisible repair will be the result. Darning House Linen. /

A quick way of mending house linen Avhich has seen its best days is the following: Fill the machine shuttle with medium darning cotton and thread the machine needle with No. 1)0 cotton. Take the sheet or table cloth, which needs darning, arid stitch backwards and - forward and across on the right side, till the hoio is covered.