General Chat

Harry I was an upholsteress by trade. Curved needle mostly used to stitch through pipng on leather or strong material, re. boxed cushions,sofas,window seats etc. Mau x

Harry just to add my penn'orth, I think i would have called it a Sack needle. Bob

Lol Harry, I'll bet you never realized how very domesticated we all are!!! That'll learn you!.....lol BC

Harry, buy a new pair:-)) x

Thanks folks. Why should I buy a new pair - only one of them has got a hole in it? (Yes I know you couldn,t get socks on if they didn,t have holes........) Happy days

could of done with one of those last week ......in stead had to spend £11.00 on a stapler ann xx

Using a mushroom thing for darning? We just used a glass tumbler. Maybe we were poor Anne

Does anyone remember seeing mending of fine stockings being done? .... It used to fascinate me as a child to see a lady mending in a shop window with the stocking stretched over a lamp?.... memory dim here. I think they called it invisible mending. Gwyn

My thanks to you all for your sew sew replies. Happy days, darn it (retiring ,stage left)

Gwyneth, yep remember the invisible mending.......there was one next to our local Granada pictures......was fascinating watching while we were queueing........... bob

Darning socks???? Is that when you swear at them? I found a wooden mushroom in my m-i-l's sewing box - looks quite pretty when you paint a few red dots on it with a green background. Didn't know what to do with it after that so stuck it back in the box!

Harry - I suspect you got more than you bargained for with this thread!!! It reminds me though of a friend of ours who, when on holiday, accosted complete strangers and asked if their wives darned their socks. Not one answered 'yes'. I have a darning mushroom - hoping it'll be an antique one day - and one of those needles which I used for upholstery. Just buy a few new pairs and use the odd ones for dusters. Much less hassle.

Many thanks again for your interest. Socks and this thread are now confined in the dust-bin. (Being a 'waste not; want not' man, might fish them out again in the morning. Happy days

Harry Hayes, Dont you dare!lol As I said before buy some new ones;-))

Harry Fenwicks dept. store in Newcastle/ Tyne employed a lady whose job was to invisibly mend ladies' sheer stockings. It was a recognised trade and she was marvellous doing them. We shared the same work-room, and across the different departments were Milliners ( for fancy hats,)and ladies who mended leather and high fashion gloves, and 'alterations' to French fashion undies oo la la !! God memories ( i've made myself sound like I am 100yrs old, ) LoL this was in the early 1960s. Mau ;0))))))))

Maureen, Showing Your age on this and Roxannes,s thread. Fine by me. Memories are lovely, heart-warming things. Yes, happy days

One last tip from me would be never to buy a single pair of socks. If you're buying socks, always buy at least 2 identical pairs. That way, when one of each pair get a hole in you can match up the remainder. In my house, all of hubby's socks and most of son's socks are the same colour and design for that reason. It also reduces the 'odd sock' syndrome that is often experienced post washing machine. Any sock can be matched with any sock. That having been said between the 2 of them they still manage to put one grown up sock with one child's sock of the same colour on occasions. That's men for you! Angela