Crossword clues for darning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.] To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings. --Swift. Darning last. See under Last. Darning needle.
A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.
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(Zo["o]l.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.
Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle.
Wiktionary
n. A repair made by darning. vb. (present participle of darn English)
WordNet
n. the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads
Wikipedia
Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine. Hand darning employs the darning stitch, a simple running stitch in which the thread is "woven" in rows along the grain of the fabric, with the stitcher reversing direction at the end of each row, and then filling in the framework thus created, as if weaving. Darning is a traditional method for repairing fabric damage or holes that do not run along a seam, and where patching is impractical or would create discomfort for the wearer, such as on the heel of a sock.
Darning also refers to any of several needlework techniques that are worked using darning stitches:
- Pattern darning is a type of embroidery that uses parallel rows of straight stitches of different lengths to create a geometric design.
- Net darning, also called filet lace, is a 19th-century technique using stitching on a mesh foundation fabric to imitate lace.
- Needle weaving is a drawn thread work embroidery technique that involves darning patterns into barelaid warp or weft thread.
Usage examples of "darning".
Contour in stem stitch, filled in lightly with buttonhole stitch, and darning and long-and-short stitch.
The other two spaces are filled by brick stitch, and darning with little veins of coral stitch and herring bone.
The green turnover is in chain stitch with blue chain stitch veins, and the blue turnovers at base of leaf are done in a lace surface stitch, while the rest is filled in with small darning stitches, coral stitches and a little bit of button-hole stitching.
The same stem as in foxgloves but with darning introduced up the centre.
II example: 1st, rope stitch with alternate fillings of darning and outline stitch, and 2nd, rows of outline stitch for one-half the back leaves and one-half grey knot stitch and blue snail trail in alternative, the end leaf being in rows of outline of brown colour.
But Muddie could scarcely thread a needle, so Leela and I never tackled much more than darning a sock or anchoring a button.
French mother sings who is darning socks by a cradle, and rocking her baby to sleep with her foot.
He was an aged, wrinkled, shaky male whose best clothes, seen at close range, bore countless darnings and patches.
An old colored woman clad in a faded blue Mother Hubbard with darker blue patches sat in a rocking chair by a coal-burning kitchen stove, darning a threadbare man's woolen sock on a wooden egg, and smoking a corncob pipe.
Granny looked at the cops over the rims of her ancient spectacles and her old fingers went lax on the darning egg.
Her hands were motionless holding the current sock on the darning egg.
On the round table at her elbow is her sweetgrass-bordered sewing basket, woven by Indians, with her scissors and her spools of thread and her wooden darning egg.
This time Keisha sat in her favorite chair with bqth hands full of a sock, a wooden darning egg, a blunt needle, and wool yarn.
In an instant Suicide was upon him, tearing the darning needle out with such a savage wrench that it brought half the man's windpipe with it.
A darning needle came along, and everybody was screaming and running around, and I just sat there.