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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 12 2005 : 11:24:29 AM
I have noticed several different types of antique darning eggs on ebay recently. I think they are beautiful in their simplicity. Can some girls who are more expert seamstresses tell me what they are and how they are used? I am just always curious.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 5:53:00 PM
my favorite 'darning egg' in my antique collection is a sweet little pink one for doing baby socks. |
| Julia |
Posted - Nov 12 2005 : 7:37:45 PM
When I wanted to learn to sew, my G'ma said I had to learn to darn socks and sew by hand first. So I did. I have three eggs of differnt sizes and shapes. G'ma is gone, but I darn not throw a mendable sock away, I would hear the loud clucking of her tongue in my head till I darned the sock.
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| thehouseminder |
Posted - Nov 12 2005 : 4:28:13 PM
There are also small darning eggs made for little ones to mend their own socks. I have a cute one which I think is around 85 years old. It is painted to look like a "flapper girls" head complete with the marcelled hairdo. Tiny darners were also made, many in sterling or ivory. They were used to mend fingertips on gloves.
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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| MaryJane |
Posted - Nov 12 2005 : 2:41:15 PM
If you haven't time to carve an egg for darning socks, you can always use an old light bulb. In some ways I like a light bulb better because the stem serves as a handle. |
| AnnieT |
Posted - Nov 12 2005 : 2:20:18 PM
They are for mending socks. You slip it into the toe (or heel) of the sock so you can darn the holes. I am trying to get DH to carve one for me. :)
Annie |
