Average Jane Darns A Sock

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I didn’t get to the laundry over the weekend, so this morning I was down to my last pair of dark socks and one of them had a hole in the heel. Of the many ways in which I am thrifty (or cheap, as my husband would say), sock retention probably tops the list. I have socks in my drawer that I am certain walked my high school halls in the 1980s, and I still wear them despite their tissue-thinness in spots.

All my dark socks are of more recent vintage – probably 6 years old or less – so my natural impulse was to sew up the hole in the heel. I think darning eggs must have gone the way of the buggy whip, so I had to use a Silly Putty egg as a substitute. It was a little small, but it did the trick.

I know that socks and underwear are fairly inexpensive commodities, but it always seems wasteful to me to chuck them if there’s potential wear left in them. When it comes to clothing, I’d rather splurge on cool t-shirts instead.

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5 responses to “Average Jane Darns A Sock”

June 7, 2006

AWE

I think my dryer eats most of my socks.

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June 7, 2006

Stacie

I’m the same way with my socks an so is my sister-in-law. Maybe it’s just women.

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June 7, 2006

MLE

I’d do the same as you except one of my cats eats holes in my socks to the point where they are just not worth fixing. I can’t even put the dirty ones in a laundry basket or hamper because the cat will dig through and find them and eat them (of course, he’ll only eat ONE of a pair). I put them in a drawstring bag and hang it on my closet door handle.

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June 7, 2006

me

I’m such a domestic moron – I would have no idea how to darn a sock, even if I had a silly putty egg. I’m all in the “if there’s a hole, it’s a rag” school of thought.

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June 7, 2006

monkey

The last time I read about darning a sock it was when Darell was in trouble at Malory Towers and she had to darn loads of socks for Matron.

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