Turning into my grandmother
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382019)
Rockingham, Australia
August 9, 2024 12:00am CST
I think I’m turning into my grandmother. When she was old and her eyesight was deteriorating, she would darn dark work socks in yarn of a contrasting colour. Grandma found it hard to darn dark socks might end up with pink or yellow darning.
Vince has a black drawstring bag that he keeps some of his blood sugar testing kit in. The side seam has split and I’m hand-sewing it. I started with black cotton but it’s really difficult to see. I might end up stitching it in white. No-one is ever going to see it.
The photo is of my bedsocks. I have two pairs like this! 
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
9 Aug 24
That's the latest trend in fashion these days and I ses many including my elder daughter doing it. She wears two different colour socks. It has become her style. I don't do that deliberately or for style. But I have odd pairs for my bed time or while I stay at home. Either one of the pair is lost or torn 
. I don't want to waste the other one and just use it.
. I don't want to waste the other one and just use it.1 person likes this
@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 24
@arunima25 I worked with a lecturer once who accidently wore two different shoes to work. She put them on in a hurry and in the dark. What made it really funny was that she was lecturing on Alzheimer's. 
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
10 Aug 24
@JudyEv I can imagine the embarassment. I have faced it once during my college days. I started very early for college and didn't want to wake my cousin who was my roommate. It was winter and still a bit dark at 7 in the morning. I chose two similar socks but one was grey and one was black. And I had half cut shoes, it was clearly visible. I stayed like that for whole day. It was a cold winter and I needed my feet warm
I can imagine the embarassment. I have faced it once during my college days. I started very early for college and didn't want to wake my cousin who was my roommate. It was winter and still a bit dark at 7 in the morning. I chose two similar socks but one was grey and one was black. And I had half cut shoes, it was clearly visible. I stayed like that for whole day. It was a cold winter and I needed my feet warm1 person likes this
@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
9 Aug 24
You’ve got a great sense of humour, Judy.
You’re talking about women’s work here, so I shouldn’t really be commenting, but using contrasting thread sounds like the way to go. 
You’re talking about women’s work here, so I shouldn’t really be commenting, but using contrasting thread sounds like the way to go. 1 person likes this
@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 24
@Orson_Kart Polar bears in the UK?? I don't think so!!
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@royaleagle (175)
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9 Aug 24
This looks like some serious warm socks, the one i wish i have in December :)
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@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 24
@royaleagle Yes, it's opposite to our seasons.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Aug 24
What a precious legacy! My grandma was very old fashioned. When she got a new dress, she'd parade around like the Queen of the Ball:) Grandma's tummy was almost the same as her height!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Aug 24
@JudyEv And my grandma was a perfect weight, for a six foot tall women!
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
10 Aug 24
Those like me who are mostly away from stitching cannot make out!
Anyways the socks above look great!
It doesn't matter if it is Black/Grey/White Wool or even a rainbow formation, if the final product is well stitched!!
By the way do you like Orange and Purple colors?
Anyways the socks above look great!
It doesn't matter if it is Black/Grey/White Wool or even a rainbow formation, if the final product is well stitched!!
By the way do you like Orange and Purple colors?
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@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 24
I don't like orange. I look really awful in orange. I don't mind purple.
@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
9 Aug 24
The darnings of my alpaca night socks are any color of wool I find around. Lately I have only darned them with an alpaca wool I found. It does not have anything to do with the oroginal colors of the socks but they now have many extra colors of darning along the yeras.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
10 Aug 24
@JudyEv I´m afraid they inly look old. And they will not reach the "antique" look.
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@FourWalls (86652)
• United States
9 Aug 24
You do what you need to do to fix it. If anyone complains, tell them to buy you a new one.
I love your socks…glad you have two pair like that, because they can come in handy in the winter.
I love your socks…glad you have two pair like that, because they can come in handy in the winter. 1 person likes this
@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 24
They are that really soft fabric. I love them. I can't sleep if my feet are cold.
@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Aug 24
I like your socks. Lighter colors are a lot easier to work with
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Aug 24
@JudyEv Bright light makes a big difference. When using dark yarn I point the lamp at it more directly
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
9 Aug 24
Everyone I know says sewing black on black is very hard. Sew it as you like it. At least you are getting it done.
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@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 24
I went out in the sun and managed it in black. I'd already done a couple of stitches and couldn't be bothered starting again. It's done now and will last a few more years. The bag doesn't get a lot of use.
@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
9 Aug 24
My mother used to darn things. I am sure she attempted to teach me a time or two, but I wasn't a very willing or apt pupil.
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@RasmaSandra (97991)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Aug 24
That is a special memory, I have to admit I do not darn anything but I do have a house dress that needs to have a side sewn up and I keep looking at it but so far cannot motivate myself to take a needle and thread to it, When mom was alive she was the one who fixed everything,
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@Marilynda1225 (91069)
• United States
9 Aug 24
My mom used to do the same thing!!! My eyesight has gotten worse and I can't really see well if I have to mend a dark colored item.
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@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug 24
I took the work out in the sunnlight and got it done. No-one is going to see that it isn't a perfect job.
