I like mending socks. Don't do it very often but recently Col has been wearing some of his thick socks that he used to wear in welly-boots.
Probably another side effect of everything - poor circulation = cold feet.
I have a wooden darning mushroom and a darning needle but what I don't have anymore is proper darning thread.........is it still made? so I did them with some grey wool, which I think is just tapestry wool so the repair might not last long.
Thank you to everyone for comments yesterday.
Following on from my waiting at Addenbrookes post and saying how kind all the staff are, especially the Transplant Nurse Specialists..............Col had a letter to go for a bone marrow sample next week.........a different day to clinic day, therefore righting off two days of the week. He rang to query this as it was sooner than we thought, 100 days after transplant we thought and next week is only 80 something days . Speaking to Nurse specialist he asked if there was any chance he could have it done on the same day as the clinic. She said it would make a longer waiting time but we said that's still better than two trips. She also said that he was due a CT scan and as the bone marrow sample could be delayed by a couple of weeks she managed to fit all three things into a clinic day in March. It will certainly be a long day but much better than 3 separate journeys and knowing we will be there for several more hours than usual we will be prepared .......both mentally and with extra food! Col told her on the phone that if she was nearer we would have given her a hug. 😊
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What a nice nurse! I'm so glad you have been able to condense it all down into one day which makes a lot of sense in terms of general wear and tear, quite apart from time.
ReplyDeleteAnd the darn looks great!
J x
I have a thing for grey socks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a relief that the very kind and helpful nurse was able to fit everything into the same day, so much better than having to make several trips. Having had numerous medical things for both of us in the past few weeks, we've found all the NHS staff to be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to say that husband darns his own socks! (I absolutely loathe sewing of any kind).
I am with you on the darning, I enjoy it too. Such a simple thing, and yet I bet not many people bother these days.
ReplyDeleteGreat that you were able to have the appointments rejigged.
Nursing staff can be so lovely, and helpful. I hate darning socks, many years ago when hubby and I got together, he asked me to darn his socks, I suggested he do it himself, he tried once and then purchased new socks.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha!! My dad did the same as my mother said exactly the same thing :-)
DeleteGlad the appointments were condensed into one day. Very neat darning. I finally got a mushroom thingy a couple of years ago from e bay. It's very useful. Where did you source the darning thread please? Best wishes
ReplyDeleteThe darning thread came from ebay a company called hobbycraftsat home. It was £1.35 free postage. I probably could have found some in the craft shop in Ipswich but I wasn't going into town so ebay was easy
DeleteWhat a lovely Nurse
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What a lovely nurse, Col most likely made her day too ... giving her 'a virtual hug' 😊
ReplyDeleteNice neat darning, we're both turning into proper 1940s housewives ... lol 😉
As long as nobody takes away the washing machine........that's one aspect of the 1940s that I wouldn't want to go back to!
DeleteDefinitely, I washed everything by hand until my youngest was 18 months old ... never again.
DeleteThank goodness for common sense...I should pack a camping stove and your nightie just in case though! x
ReplyDeleteAaaaaagh - hope we are not there that long!
DeleteBeautiful darning. Lovely nurse. Long live the NHS!
ReplyDeleteCommon sense prevails-well done to the nurse who arranged it all. I like mending things too-takes me back to my childhood and teens when I was the family mender. My DH wears thick socks all year round as diabetes has rendered his feet icy regardless of temperature. Catriona
ReplyDeleteDarning wool is still sold in John Lewis but their haberdashery department is closing soon. I also like darning and find it quite easy to do while watching television. I do not use a mushroom.
ReplyDeletemy dad was in hospital most of last summer and still in twice a week to the nurse .. small things like combining apppontments make such a difference when it's week in week out
ReplyDeleteOh I've not darned a sock for years and I used to love doing it too.
ReplyDeleteGood on that nurse. As you say one long day isn't so bad as three separate days out.
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Glad you managed to get the appointments on the same day. It would be quite a trip to make several times a week. I admit I haven't darned a sock for a while. The ones we have don't seem as durable as they used to be (yuck, I sound old now lol). Ours used to seem to last forever when we were younger.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to darn socks. I'll have to check YouTube. My mother never darned so I couldn't learn from her. But I do have the darning mushroom that belonged to my great-grandmother.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea if my way is right or not. wasn't shown by anyone, just do it how I think!
DeleteBeautiful darning. I think I will have to switch my husband to wool socks. The polyester mix seem unrepairable.
ReplyDeleteYour darning is heading the right way, darning thread was thin because you weave in and out horizontally, back and forth (your pic ) then you do the same top to bottom , so you create a woven 'fabric'. You want the weaving to be close together for good wear and not tight so it doesn't pucker.
ReplyDeleteI lived next door to my British Grandmother when I was growing up, so saw quite a lot of darning with just such a wooden mushroom....which I still have in her old sewing box and used a bit in the 70's and no doubt will again, as I have about 12 pairs of hand knitted socks.
Haven´t darned socks in years but still have several mushrooms. Lovely to hear that someone does listen and can put themselves out to organise the tests to help you. Bad enough having them without the stress of multiple visits. xcx
ReplyDeleteYes, darning thread is still available, I can get in in my local haberdashery shop but the last lot I got was in a reduced price sewing kit from Aldi!
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