Re: [RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-18 Thread Jenny
It's called needle felting. http://www.marthastewart.com/907973/felted-sweater-patches - Jenny Washington, DC On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-4, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > BTW, what's the wool repair technique where you use a fluff ball of > wool and and needle to

Re: [RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-18 Thread cyclotourist
That's the stuff! Thanks, Jenny! On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Jenny wrote: > It's called needle felting. > > http://www.marthastewart.com/907973/felted-sweater-patches > > > - Jenny > Washington, DC > > On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-4,

Re: [RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-14 Thread Patrick Moore
If you tend to wear holes in good socks, as I do with my big or even longer 2nd toes (heels last forever), and if you want workable but quick results without having to think much about it, I've long since found that cross -stitching and crudely reweaving with regular thread and needle works fine,

Re: [RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-14 Thread Aaron Young
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to try darning. If I have any success I'll report back. -Aaron Young The Dalles, OR On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Patrick Moore wrote: > If you tend to wear holes in good socks, as I do with my big or even > longer 2nd toes (heels

Re: [RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-14 Thread cyclotourist
BTW, what's the wool repair technique where you use a fluff ball of wool and and needle to re-fill a hole? On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Aaron Young <1ce...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to try darning. If I have any > success I'll report back. > > -Aaron Young >

Re: [RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-14 Thread Eunice Chang
Here you go: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer08/FEATsum08TT.html - it tells you all the equipment you need, such as a darning egg (or mushroom) and tapestry needle. I don't know how thick the yarn is, but you can probably use sock yarn if you go to a yarn shop. They're wool reinforced with a

[RBW] Darning wool socks

2015-10-13 Thread Aaron Young
The heels of my wool socks I bought from Riv are getting pretty thin. I thought I would try to reinforce them by darning. Has anyone tried that? Success or failure? Which type of wool did you use? Please, help me get out of this heel hole. :) Thanks, Aaron -- You received this message