tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post8880803156321418962..comments2023-08-25T14:00:12.458+01:00Comments on My Handmade Haven: Who needs Facebook anyway!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14215725346107371388noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-21219763143915784252010-11-27T21:31:17.632+00:002010-11-27T21:31:17.632+00:00One of the first things my mom taught me to do, wh...One of the first things my mom taught me to do, when I was little (4, maybe 5 years old)...was to darn socks. Only she always used an orange. Worked great!<br />:o)pippirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434077761560911345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-32268505958440578392010-11-23T15:59:58.246+00:002010-11-23T15:59:58.246+00:00I darn socks too, and because I knit the socks fir...I darn socks too, and because I knit the socks first I always keep a small amount of the yarn used to make them so I can mend any holes that may appear after lots of wear. I even add a small amount of the yarn to any hand knitted socks I gift plus the ball band which I wrap around the socks for washing instructions. It's the little things that please me and no I don't think your bonkers just very resourceful.<br />florrie xkimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130436554864618514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-81759404725538385672010-11-23T11:25:26.700+00:002010-11-23T11:25:26.700+00:00Congratulations on the win! The picture is so pre...Congratulations on the win! The picture is so pretty! I think it's great that your mending socks, why get rid an buy more when a little thread can fix them! Looks like a good little book! :) xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404502110569020587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-10247946558766024862010-11-23T03:06:49.739+00:002010-11-23T03:06:49.739+00:00That was one of my fave Polly prints too!
And how ...That was one of my fave Polly prints too!<br />And how relaxing to actually get the time to sit and darn socks :)<br />Might just have a little look for that book myself....<br />xxBeckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466290600198101552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-76114979724212049402010-11-22T11:12:17.518+00:002010-11-22T11:12:17.518+00:00Fantastic! Glad I'm not the only one with a da...Fantastic! Glad I'm not the only one with a darning mushroom repairing good socks. <br />I also recently bought an old tiny loom (known as Lancashires smallest loom) which was used in the olden days to repair holes with a new patch - it is fantastic too.<br /><br />Love the Make Do and Mend book, lots of great ideas.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121342298237870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-1798378620728009652010-11-21T16:13:38.514+00:002010-11-21T16:13:38.514+00:00I think this is a skill I will have to learn too, ...I think this is a skill I will have to learn too, although with all the holes in socks we have, I'm not sure I'd get anything else done!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000394690435986135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429906460994357213.post-54717267137681663622010-11-21T11:44:23.675+00:002010-11-21T11:44:23.675+00:00I don't think you're bonkers, I think that...I don't think you're bonkers, I think that's great!! I bought that book a while ago and in a hasty moment of "Where am I going to keep all these books once we've moved??", I charity shopped it!! We have A LOT of socks with holes in though and I'm ashamed to say that I usually chuck them out, but it seems very wasteful. Probably going to ask stupid question of the year here, but can you darn ordinary socks (M&S socks for example), or do they have to be woolly ones?<br /><br />I didn't know Polly had a shop, I will definitely have to have peek! xxxxPippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408966937409943839noreply@blogger.com