Not long after I first ventured onto Instagram in the Fall of 2017 I won a contest offered by The Far Woods for a small sweet mending kit that included a mending booklet and supplies.
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I was so excited to learn the skills to save socks that I loved and that were perfectly fine except a little hole or two. I found some darning eggs on etsy and tackled my first pair.
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You first sew a circle around the hole, then start to weave back and forth across the hole.
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Then you weave back through in the other direction.
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Then you tie it off and you are done. You have created a small weaving over the hole.
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The reason this post is two years later is because life happens and mold happens and health issues happen and moving happens. I eventually finished the other sock and only recently finished another pair of socks.
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I like the contrasting red.
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Now I dont have to buy new socks to keep my feet warm.
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Brilliant, good to know how to do it.
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