Diy darning egg...

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Technically this is a darning foot.

Needed one, couldn't get one, made one.

Example image from the internet... Screenshot_2020-08-08-23-14-35.png
 
Seal with some teak oil and it's done...

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Might crack/check...only been off the tree a month. Hopefully the teak oil will slow the drying...plus it is a small piece.
 
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so I get this right you are saying you made a piece of wood????

gotta love american ingenuity,,,

I was at rendezvous and made a spatula out of a piece of fire wood and had to ask to confirm it was period correct,,,
I have a piece of black walnut drying that will be a spatula... and one for a ladle...when I get around to it. You know how that goes.
 
so I get this right you are saying you made a piece of wood????

gotta love american ingenuity,,,

I was at rendezvous and made a spatula out of a piece of fire wood and had to ask to confirm it was period correct,,,
I have a piece of black walnut drying that will be a spatula... and one for a ladle...when I get around to it. You know how that goes.
I got two 5' diameter walnut trees that I want to make a lot of things from,,,just have to cut them down first,,so yeah I know about how things go,,
bitch is I need to cut them down to build the shop to make those things,,,
 
Update...


That little crack did expand as it dried...but the important parts stayed together...

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...and I did get around to darning all the holey socks...

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I didn't say I did it well...but it'll get the job done.
 
Is it just me, or are socks and jeans getting thinner.

Largest repair to date.

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Gonna hafta make a bigger egg.
 
I have pairs that are well o.ver 5 yrs,,
I walk outside on the concrete and grass all the time in them

dont sweat in the summer even though they are kinda thick
Might have to try a pair.

One of those "you get what you pay for" kinda things.

One pair of those is a little more than what I pay for six pair.
 
Might have to try a pair.

One of those "you get what you pay for" kinda things.

One pair of those is a little more than what I pay for six pair.
wait till you switch to their underwear,,

some of the ballsack ones are 50 bucks,,

sox are well worth the money,, the underwear is almost to much
 

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