Holey Socks? Oh darn it! A new way
June 10, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under knitting
Lots of people love knitting socks, then are afraid to wear them, in case they wear a hole in their special sockie.
If you’re ’saving’ your socks and not wearing them because of ‘hole-aphobia’, then fear no more!
I have worked out a way of darning socks that is based on using a pinboard loom.
It’s quick and easy and quite fun……
Here’s the tutorial:
The clock ran out on me, so I wasn’t able to show this last little bit… stitching the starting and finishing loops to the sock:
Weave in the ends, and Voila! a quick and easy way to darn your socks.
So, wear …read more
Mending Socks – other small loom options
April 5, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under knitting, small loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
Recently, I posted about weaving small squares for mending the holes in our hand made socks.
Sadly, people have not been able to track down the Weavette folks to find the looms that I had been talking about.
I received some rather cranky notes about this. oops.
Happily, there are other craftspeople who have moved forward and are making people very pleased with little looms in the style of the beloved old Weave its.
I’ve posted about the Arbor Looms, and have just gone and looked at some more possibilities.
Hazel Rose has a set of 2 little looms that …read more
