Noun : an old sock full of darns. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : Darn that pesky fly!. From Dictionary.com.
India, who does this artistic style of darning, is famed for skill. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
"Ou, aye, my dear," said Elspeth, who was deeply engaged in darning a very large hole in one of my great-grandfather's socks. From Wordnik.com. [Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls] Reference
The former is called darning, the latter, patching. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
Certain sewing days in school, called darning days, are sacred to the renovation of worn-out garments which the girls bring from home. From Wordnik.com. [The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915)] Reference
Another way of disposing of the undrawn threads is to cover them with a kind of darning stitch, as illustrated in fig. 117. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
The girls, who were most of them busy with odd jobs such as darning, making out lists, rewriting work, writing letters home and so on, looked up as June strode into the room. From Wordnik.com. [In the Fifth at Malory Towers]
One kind of darning is rather popular at the present moment, and examples of it may be familiar; it is a large, bold kind of work, often carried out with a coarse twisted silk. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Page 23 -- analagous amended to analogous -- "We know how closely analogous to 'darning' was ...". From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms] Reference
O 'doors; though my short ones be best for close work, such as darning, and catching fleas, that's true.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpet-Major] Reference
The white darning threads grinned at him like teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
Bitter-sweet, gooseberries, with thorns like darning needles!. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
She has come to college and found she did not bring a darning egg. From Wordnik.com. [The Scenes Speak for Themslves] Reference
She has come to college and found she does not have a darning egg. From Wordnik.com. [The Scenes Speak for Themslves] Reference
The third example shows the darning stitch forming a diamond pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
In using tints, more delicate shades will be found in silk darning-flosses. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Finish off neatly, drawing the toe together and darning in with a worsted-needle. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
This stitch is worked by darning over and under two threads forming a triangle. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Meals wanted cooking, cupboards and drawers tidying; garments darning and patching!. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
I once caught her darning my rags of socks and crying over them -- the Lord knew why!. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
A darning-ball, a gourd, or a firm piece of cardboard should be placed under the hole. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
The sham was hemmed after the darning was finished, and a frill of darned-net edging was then added. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Use a darning or crewel needle, and a very long thread, or you will have to be continually taking fresh. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
"'Never too Late to Mend,'" chanted Emma, flourishing a large darning needle and attacking her rags anew. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
New stitches may be demonstrated on large pieces of scrim, with long darning-needles and coarse red or black yarn. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
If the pupils finish one darn during the lesson period, more darning should be assigned for practice out of class. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
The darning thread may be coloured; in a more intricate design two or three different colours might be introduced. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
This again was worked upon with very happy effects, very fine darning stitches making the requisite depth of shading. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
= The object of darning or mending is to make all repairs in the structure of the cloth before the process of fulling. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Every square of the patterned part must be crossed in each direction by two lines of darning, which should about fill it up. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Wash-silk floss, India floss which is of linen but looks like silk, and ordinary darning flosses are all used for this work. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Feed-dog adjustment Lets you drop this toothy mechanism below the sewing surface for freestyle embroidery, darning, or quilting. From Wordnik.com. [Look for these features when buying a sewing machine] Reference
There is a most practical sound about darning; it can, however, be made good use of in embroidery as well as in plain needlework. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
"Betty, why do you sit up at this hour of the night darning your stockings?" said mother, sharply; "don't you know it's 12 o'clock?". From Wordnik.com. [The New Pun Book] Reference
This pattern darning, however, is so pretty that it is often possible to make use of it in embroidery work for all kinds of purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
About noon of the winter's day, James B. slouched down to the Light and entered the living room where Janet sat darning Davy's coarse gray socks. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
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