Etymology
Origin of darning
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She also offers classes in darning using contrasting vibrant colours that celebrate, rather than disguise, the repair.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Her first act as a nonworking person: a solo trip to Scotland, where she took a darning workshop and learned how to repair sweaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Straight backed and with birdlike poise, Homer French projects a pioneer self-sufficiency, as if she’d be equally capable of darning a sock, milking a goat or driving a horse-drawn cart.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022
She had made it herself, on the head of a darning needle which had a broken eye, so it couldn’t be used as a needle any more.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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