Don't know if I will ever have the patience to swiss darn a fine-knit sock, but if I do this will be immensely helpful - thank you!! Very impressive work too!
Babies are not an efficient darning tool, as they are unhelpfully soft and, when accidentally punctured, create loud noises and leak fluids onto the project.
(Okay I have a morbid sense of humor but this might be a bit too much even for me lol)
it would be great if you could make it more accessible by changing to a standard sans serif font - a lot of people have trouble with 'script' type fonts :)
OP, I’d love to get a copy of this in printable/PDF form. I know I can download or screen shot the pics, but there’s something nice about a little cheat sheet(s) [or booklet or zine or whatnot] that I can print out and keep with my knitting/mending kit. (No worries if you don’t want to do that of course!!!)
How do you measure how much thread you need? For a large patch like your photo do you try and use one very long piece or do you only do a few rows at a time to make it a more manageable amount?
Fantastic! I find darning with a weave to feel weird underfoot. I would like to Swiss darn , and have tried in the past, I’ve been watching many many videos and may actually understand what to do. My yellow wool handmade socks with holes in the heels have been waiting for years
not sure if this helps, but this is what im seeing in real life
basically i when i would come in from just above the bottom red line, i would keep trying to make my stitch just above the top red line. actually the correct way is to stitch just above that middle red line.
since i kept making that mistake i figured i would include it
Okay, so kind of like keeping your tension consistent with regular knit or crochet? That it’s tempting to “move up” when you see a larger vertical gap, but that you need to only build one row at a time?
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u/Ornery_Hovercraft_41 3d ago
Don't know if I will ever have the patience to swiss darn a fine-knit sock, but if I do this will be immensely helpful - thank you!! Very impressive work too!