Darning

I've long been interested in the idea of darning but never had a reason to try it. Until now. I have a pair of knitted socks that I love that recently developed a rather large hole.

I was pretty bummed but set it aside intending to repair it eventually. I mentioned it in passing to my mother and she found a darning egg for me to use in her stash.

Now, I'm aware that typically one darns a garment in matching yarn. But that seems boring to me. I decided to follow the Japanese philosophy of kintsugi, embracing a repair as part of the objects history and highlighting it instead of hiding it. So I darned my green sock with red-orange yarn. 

Not bad for my first attempt

I have a small stash of remnants of sock yarn now, just waiting for the next repair.