| 单词 | darning |
| 例句 | I learned stitches sitting in our apartment on Elizabeth Street, helping Mam when she took in extra work darning and mending and the occasional full dress from a bolt of cloth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Six beads from a child’s necklace, five building blocks, a darning egg, a bone, a small harmonica, and a partly consumed lollipop. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The women ran cottage industries, making lace and darning socks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The delivery boy from the bakery has supplied us with darning thread—90 cents for one measly skein—the milkman can get hold of ration books, an undertaker delivers cheese. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She was darning socks and she was smiling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Wiping the nose of some wailing newborn or collecting newspapers or listening to presentations from army nurses or darning another sock? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If she has no wool for the darning and the stockings are dark we can blacken our ankles with shoe polish for the respectability that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Lee put down his darning, moved his sewing basket to the floor, and changed his glasses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z These tough ratings sat up in bed darning their socks, and insisted on hand-washing their own smalls, which they dried on washing lines improvised from string, suspended along the radiators. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My last resolution had been to master darning and spinning. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Lee sat with a darning basket, mending the long black stockings the twins wore to school. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hickock rethreaded her darning needle; her husband rocked his rocker and sucked on an unlit pipe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re pig’s guts,” she said without looking up from her darning. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His wife said, “I do,” resumed her darning, and was forced by tears to stop. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone is at work around me, sewing and darning stockings. Artworks That Shine in New York Museums 2013-01-04T00:50:22Z Some call them “darning needles” because claspers on the end of male abdomens look like sewing needles. Summer is the perfect time to spy dragonflies Up through the 1950s, women’s magazine articles spoke of fixing lunch and darning socks. Helen Gurley Brown, 1922-2012 2012-08-13T20:07:00Z "Perhaps I will have to forgo my darning circle!" a concerned lady about town sighs. A less sexy "Sanditon" doesn't evolve the plot, but so what? That's not why people watch 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z From mending and customising to darning, we asked the experts for tips on rejuvenating and repairing your wardrobe. Forget fast fashion! Six ways to bring clothes back to life – from darning to stain removal 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Dear Heloise: I use a large darning needle to weave in the ends of yarn when crocheting. Hints From Heloise: Old magazines need new readers Use a darning needle and colored yarn to stitch craft paper together and elevate your wrapping game. Is Tinsel Canceled? 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z So as she did her embroidery, she'd occasionally scratch the itch with her darning needle. T Magazine: Back to Bernalda 2012-11-15T14:01:25Z It was first thought to be a darning tool and found with dozens of shoes. Hadrian's Wall: Wooden 'Roman sex toy' found in Northumberland 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The seamstresses in Obama’s lineage worked for white families, making and fixing and darning their clothes. Michelle Obama's new book is self-help — but it goes high 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning. Grave by grave, police and war crimes investigators comb a Ukrainian forest 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z "Sometimes they would invite them in and to others they would say 'no, sorry we're busy darning our socks today'." Gentleman Jack: The Ladies of Llangollen who intrigued Anne Lister 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Near the start, we hear that “Someone is stitching up a hem, darning / a hole in a uniform, patching a tire, / repairing the things in need of repair.” Perspective | What made Amanda Gorman's poem so much better than other inaugural verse 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z After all, some of the first subcutaneous drug delivery options involved shoving a pellet of medication under the skin with a darning needle. Mosquitoes Stab Animals with a Syringelike Proboscis 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z To that end, there’ll be classes on darning and home haircuts with experts from Filson and Rudy’s Barbershop, a drum circle with Deep Sea Diver, and morning aerobics with dancers from Pacific Northwest Ballet. Seattle’s Canlis pivots again. This time, to start ‘Canlis Community College’ 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Payne points to a tiny seedling, its trunk no thicker than darning thread but somehow supporting the fragile fronds of new life. California Looks to Battle Mega Wildfires with Fire 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z "The shelling of peas, the darning of socks, the sort of thing my mum used to do sitting and watching the television... knitting," he explained. How artists are depicting the coronavirus lockdown 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z But after darning the elbows and cuffs it eventually fell apart and was consigned to the compost heap. Shall I compare thee to my old jumper? Stories of love for old clothes 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The language matched Alcott’s other departure, from the preachiness of contemporary children’s literature to the resolutely ordinary: to talk of darning socks, or cooking lunch. Sister act: how Little Women has come of age on the big screen 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z For Robinson, it was just part of the ritual involved in preparing your pointe shoes for dance: darning the ends, sewing ribbons on, breaking them in. 'That took long enough!' – black ballerinas finally get shoes to match their skin 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z They also question why so many high-quality photos exist of the deeds, which included darning his fellow soldiers’ socks, studying Mao’s works by candlelight and shoveling manure to help a commune. KFC honors Lei Feng Spirit, Communist hero, with China restaurant 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z In one room, the murals depict scenes from military life: soldiers crouched in combat, donning gas masks, and cleaning weapons and darning socks during downtime. Once Home to Soldiers, Former Presidio Fort Will House New Residents 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Everyone in her neighbourhood clandestinely supported the guerrillas, providing them with beds and food, darning their clothes and nursing the wounded. Three generations of Cubans united by gratitude to Fidel Castro 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z She'll be doing his laundry and darning his socks the day after the election. How to Project Power 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z One is mending a net; the other is darning socks. Hamilton Biographer Ron Chernow Finds New York’s ‘Quietest’ Home 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z We sat darning socks on Waverly Place and practiced the use of profanity as we stitched. The roaring (drunk) 20s: literature's biggest party animals 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z And every man had the same story, by God; his wife was knitting when she ought to be darning stockings; trying to be intellectual by concerning herself with a subject that concerned men alone. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Then she ran away, and Constance, taking her capacious darning bag on her arm, went to bear Priscilla Alden company at her mending, as she often did when no work about the house detained her. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Mrs. Quinn is seated at centre table darning socks and talking to her neighbor, Mrs. Martin. Six One-Act Plays 2012-03-26T02:00:36.910Z Being thrown upon his own resources, and imbued with the cheerfulest of spirits, he soon became proficient with the needle, and, by patching here and darning there, managed to maintain a tolerably decent appearance. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Put plenty of packing on top, and with a darning needle and stout twine sew on a cover of stout cotton cloth. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z It seems quite down at the heel about Orleans, and as if much darning would be needed to make it as good as new. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z You see I hate to darn my own stockings—but I really enjoy darning yours. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z She sat at the nursery window, which had the same aspect as the drawing-room below, darning my socks; I knelt on a chair, looking out. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Her mother moved her chair to follow it and dropped her darning egg, which the girl handed to her. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z "If you were to point your finger at him," he put it, "and a darning needle at the same time he never would know which was the sharpest." Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z This twine is passed through the holes by means of a blunt darning needle. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z What you see on the side there is not embroidery, it is darning. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Not a sock required darning; not a coat needed stitching; and what was more, his clothes were not only new and none the worse for wear, but they were of the best and finest description. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z She goes to market with her father's cook, makes delicious pickles and preserves, and hasn't her equal in mending and darning.' The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z I shall be very rich, and I shall do just what I like—except darning and needlework. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Do you expect her to be darning stockings? Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Her feet were higher than Lubimoff's head, and it was only necessary for the latter to raise his eyes slightly to see the stockings the darning in which Alicia had explained. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The servant, a woman of middle age, nice, fresh, and pleasant looking, sat by the table, in a large rocking-chair, darning stockings. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z The others looked up alertly, Martha from her darning, Grace from her Irish crochet. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Now, alone, in the parlor, darning his stockings, she wondered why. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Meanwhile Mrs. Headley with rapid fingers was darning and patching, aided by Agnes, who sat industriously stitching away, silently buried in her own thoughts. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z And in later times, the wife of George the Third, of England, has been represented as spending a whole evening in hemming pocket-handkerchiefs, while her daughter Mary sat in the corner, darning stockings. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Nancy was huddled up on the settle doing the family darning, a Saturday task she loathed. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z Aunt Mary is real old fashioned, you know, and she sat in the kitchen darning and Tommy was playing around the floor. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z A winter's night; Sarah sits by the oil-lamp, darning an old sock. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z After one or two meetings, sewing as she talked, she began to show the children a little about darning, too. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z As for the stockings, their darning was a work of labor, if not of love. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z What, though, as a rule, does your pretty pink-and-white know about buttons, or darning, or cooking? Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z Mrs. Morrow smiled as she said they were all right in a sense, but the particular craft she meant at that time was what Helen had timidly suggested, and that was, darning stockings! Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z To produce this effect you must obtain some very fine glass tubing about the thickness of a darning needle, and having broken off several pieces about an inch long, fill them with sulphuric acid. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z “The thing you always were best at was darning my stockings,” said Tom cheerfully, and grinned. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z She, on her part, got out her sewing, and prepared to spend the evening darning Bobbie’s stockings. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z Agnes heard the bell, and knowing Linda was busy and being likewise rather curious, she dropped her stocking darning and ran into the front hall. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z "How did they look?" said Mrs. Markle, after a pause, recommencing her darning, which she had put down. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z A darning and a satin stitch may be worked so that the embroidery has almost the same effect on both sides of the material. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z He plucked a small piece of Berlin worsted—I had been darning my socks—off my left trouser, and examined it curiously. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:12.120Z "It is, I believe," Mrs. Carpenter answered, without lifting her eyes from her darning. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "I had no idea that to watch the darning of stockings was so entertaining." Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Old Captain rose ponderously to his feet, shuffled about inside his cabin and finally returned with a large spool of dingy thread, a mammoth thimble, and a huge darning needle. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z "You'll be darning your own socks 'til Kingdom Come," laughed Sleepy, glad that the joke for once was not on him. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z She went back to her own room and resumed her darning. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z She took leave somewhat curtly, carrying her two quires of paper with her, but leaving the coarse darning cotton which she did not intend to use. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z I sat darning my stockings, and meditating how to bring this about, when Cornelius observed, with a touch of impatience: "Am I to see only your side face to-day?" Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z One summer night, after she had been put to bed, her nurse and the nurserymaid were sitting by the nursery window darning some stockings. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z It was her privilege to do as she liked, and if she preferred cracking clay saucers with a shot-gun to knitting or darning stockings or gossiping, it was no one's business. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z When the nurse came in and seated herself, darning gourd in hand, Mrs. Maurice was glancing over a blank book used for memoranda. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Aunt Serena," said the girl, and she said it pleasantly, "my stockings some of them want mending, and I have no darning cotton. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She did not resume her darning, but slipped into a silver gray dress of lustrous silk. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z I told her to give mamma's stockings to me—you know her darning was abominable. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z On the Thursday afternoon, Anna was sitting alone in the house, with the Persian cat and a pile of stockings on her knee, darning. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Buttons on and darning, and that sort of thing, of course, we’ll see to. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z She is present at the reading, darning socks and ancient sheets with her carefully kept fingers, and she treats me absolutely as though I were attached to her household as governess. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z But Miss Stromberg rose impetuously, threw down her darning, and pushing me into a chair, uncoiled the hair I had so carefully arranged. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z She began thinking of the dancing lessons, growing more and more absorbed in the darning of the party coat. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z At home Salvina was always at work, darning and mending; never was there a defter needle. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Sometimes Eve took in a little washing, or got a job from somebody of darning socks, but she did her best to keep their home tidy and some fresh flowers on the mantelpiece. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z The darning cotton winds from the spool in several strands loosely twisted together. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z A woman in a print dress sat opposite him darning his socks. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z A few gentle tears trickled down Miss Judy's cheeks as she sat patiently darning Miss Sophia's stockings, while the latter rocked and nodded, observing nothing unusual. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "Don't you think it's rather a risk darning their socks, then?" murmured the girl wickedly. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z The Schoolmaster's sock which she was darning dropped from her hand. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Prepare the hole for darning by whipping the edge with fine thread, catching up all the severed loops. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z Also a "Housewife" has been given to every man, containing all things necessary for patching, darning, and mending. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War At last he mounted his horse and galloped up the hill, and then Doris returned serenely to the darning of the book-muslin party coat. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z When darning, great care must be taken to have the work finished up neatly, as darning and mending is an art, and like everything else, requires patience and practice. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines The last-named item is simply a needle mounted in a handle, and a good one may be made by thrusting the head of a darning needle into a piece of twig. Butterflies and Moths (British) Materials: Stockinet 4" × 4"; cardboard 3" × 3"; darning cotton; darning needle; a pair of worn stockings. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z He remembered the words as if they had been spoken but yesterday, and subsequently offered to a lady who had established a girls’ Industrial School in his native village a prize for the best darning. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine Burned it was, however, and she threaded her smallest needle with her finest thread and set about darning it then and there, with infinite patience and exquisite skill. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Another method which is stronger, is done by darning a square in the angle, first with the warp threads, then with the woof threads, and finishing each end across the tear. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines I suppose I'd better have lunch—Million's laid it ready for me for the last time!—then sit in the drawing-room, finishing my darning, and waiting for my aunt's return. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The cardboard is a substitute for the darning ball. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z Afterwards I’ll go back to darning stockings with a light heart. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts "I could do my darning after tea, and my drawers are as tidy as tidy." The School by the Sea Commence by darning diagonally through the center, darning back and forth towards the end of the tear until one-half has been finished; then begin at the center and work in the opposite direction. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines I hope life has got something better in it than darning. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors Follow the exercise in stockinet darning, in which the principles of darning have been taught, with the darning of a pair of worn stockings that the pupils have brought from home. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z Oh, no; he only hypodermicked me with a red-hot darning needle! Into the Primitive The Canoness held on her lap a woman's old blue waist, which she was so busily engaged in darning that she did not notice my approach until I stood close before her. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Unless absolutely necessary never patch, when darning will answer the purpose better. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines They are about the same length as a large darning needle. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin Follow this exercise with the repairing of some article brought from home that will give a practical experience in cloth darning. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z Love and music were to be exchanged for cooking and darning, all thanks to Mr. Gilbert. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir She admitted him, and when he was seated, she went on with her darning. Cinderella Jane Knitting bored her to death, and darning drove her crazy, but she could sit by the hour stitching infinitesimal petals on microscopic flowers, and turning out cake mats, tea-cloths and fancy collars by the score. Nancy of Paradise Cottage "Oh, but they will, Master Carrots," said nurse, who was sitting near, busy darning stockings. Carrots: Just a Little Boy Darning.—The object in darning is to repair a rent, if possible so that it cannot be perceived. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z She then threaded a needle for the little girl, and showed her how to put the stitches through, and afterwards gave Frankie a darning needle with some yarn. Little Frankie and His Cousin The sewing of seams, and the darning of household linen, which in his eyes amounted to groaning, was done in his absence. Ayala's Angel To come in and read your most brilliant stanzas to a woman who never looks up from darning—— Cynicus. Love's Usuries If the milk drops too slowly from the bottle, the nipple may be pierced in one or two places with a darning needle. Dietetics for Nurses The darning stitches should extend only as far as the worn part. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z Slogs away all the day long, running errands for—her—sewing, darning, mending, writing interminable letters which Paula tears up afterward and decides not to send. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel It was Saturday, and except for mending and stocking darning the girls might amuse themselves as they wished. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story I have been learning a long poem called 'Edith,' and I repeat it when I am darning stockings, picking up a stitch for every word. Under the Mendips A Tale She held up two undergarments and bade me observe the perfection of her darning, whereupon I assured her that she was a large, fat pearl without price. A Top-Floor Idyl In darning a large hole it is sometimes wise to begin putting in the warp threads at the center first to prevent stretching. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z A large old-fashioned basket was on the floor by her side, with piles of children's clothes in it, and she was slowly and laboriously darning a stocking over a china egg. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 The daughters are deterred by housework, sewing, picking blue-berries, darning stockings. The American Country Girl For my own part, I have resigned myself to single blessedness, staying at home cooking dinners and darning stockings while you are out making your fortunes. The Daughters of a Genius Geraniums on the sills opposite and an old granny darning socks, her white-capped head bending over her work and framed by the scarlet of the flowers. A Top-Floor Idyl In darning with thread darn on the wrong side, with ravelings or hair on the right. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z An exceedingly neat-looking old lady, with a large white cap, was sitting opposite, engaged in darning stockings; she rose as soon as Eric entered the garden, and hardly waited to be presented. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine And these are the common things of life—dish washing, house cleaning, first aid to the injured, darning stockings and keeping accurate accounts. The American Country Girl In some parts of the United States they appear to be known as “devil’s darning needles,” and in many parts of England are termed “horse-stingers.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" She nodded, her head bent over the sock she was darning. Fidelity A Novel Continue the darning stitches on each side of the tear only far enough to strengthen the worn part, usually a quarter, sometimes an eighth of an inch, is sufficient. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z The two girls were sitting together on the porch; Marjorie busily engaged in darning stockings; the new Undine patiently hemming a towel. The Girl from Arizona She went back to darning a pair of his socks, as seriously as if she didn't know that he had always refused to wear the lumpy results. No Strings Attached Sally was sitting in her aunt's parlour with the other girls, darning an apron when Major Stoddard joined them, and began to compliment her on her skill, with the needle. Ten Girls from History She had some darning to do and she got out her things and sat down, chair turned to one side, not facing the legal looking document. Fidelity A Novel The repairing shows less if the rows of darning stitches are of unequal length. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z I have no money but about fourpence-ha'penny a week for darning stockings, but I have skill with the needle somewhat. Maid Sally She nodded solemnly, and began putting aside her darning. No Strings Attached Go right out and sit down on the bench by the door, where I can catch a few minutes more light for my darning; the days seem to be growing short all to once. Susanna and Sue Ruth had finished her darning and was putting the things away. Fidelity A Novel A good style of inexpensive tidy is made by poking holes in some heavy, strong goods, and then darning up these holes with something else. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories Well, it is well if it must be so: Woman the slave and man the lord; She the scissors to cut the threads After the darning, and he the sword. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 She was darning an old tablecloth, come down from her mother’s day, that day when triumphs and adulation made up life, and when cost or reckoning was a thing she troubled not herself about. The House of Fulfilment This kindness Nelly was careful to repay by mending his coat, darning his stockings, and performing various other little services for him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 He led me into the kitchen, where his wife,—a quiet, white-haired old lady with a loving face and great sad eyes,—was sitting in an armchair darning. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Mrs. O'Brien sighed again, and took up her darning. The Rosie World Darning cotton White dolls'-towels, with red or blue stripes, are made of darning cotton. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home So many things are safe and sane, darning stockings, for instance. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Inga brought in two letters to Catherine, who joyfully dropped her darning and tore them open. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted You must give me something to do then, sewing, or darning, or something. Anxious Audrey Mrs. O'Brien bit off a strand of darning cotton, and carefully stiffened the end. The Rosie World These ends may be used for a fringe by tearing very fine, or they may be run down in the woven part with a darning needle, as rattan is run down in basket work. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home There was once upon a time a darning needle, that imagined itself so fine, that at last it fancied it was a sewing-needle. A Christmas Greeting My sailor suits all come from the man at Devonport, and, except for darning my stockings, I don't think I give much mending to do. The Girls and I A Veracious History Aunt Sarah was in no mood to listen to anything about airships after that; and Dot took her first lesson in darning, there and then. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Fortunately this time it did not matter, for, while Janet was speaking, Rosie's mother had appeared with an armful of darning. The Rosie World Woolens, fine worsteds, ravelings, and cottons Such materials as carpet and oriental wools, fine worsteds, carpet ravelings, darning and knitting cotton should, in splicing, be run past each other. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home Presently she looked up from her darning and got a response. When Ghost Meets Ghost Cilia jumped up, her face crimson, and let everything she had on her lap stocking, darning ball, wool and scissors--fall on the floor; the boy as well. The Son of His Mother Dot was too depressed to think of much but darning. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended She thought about it that afternoon, when Betty had taken her nephew out for a walk and she was busy darning his stockings. Two Maiden Aunts The woof threads, which are also of fine darning cotton, should be pushed very closely and smoothly together. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home "It makes a rest to do a little darning now and again." When Ghost Meets Ghost He says it was sometimes done in darning stitches for ecclesiastical purposes, for instance, for coverings for the pyx. Needlework As Art Cut a piece half an inch deep from a broad cork; press through this a dozen or more coarse darning needles; tack the cork on a piece of board. Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 203 "You know he'd rather have her at home taking care of the children properly, and darning the stockings, and ready to greet him when he comes home tired at night!" Kildares of Storm Knitting cotton Plain white bedspreads, or white combined with a color in a kindergarten design, can be made of knitting cotton which is a little coarser than darning cotton. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home If this is what it is to be a Christian, it was easier to be a Christian when she was darning lace for Mrs. Candy and roasting coffee beans in her kitchen for Maria. The House in Town "Now I suppose you have no darning cotton," said Mrs. Candy. Opportunities The path of virtue she shows us each day, And we are glad to go that way; And as there’s nothing to do more fitting, She teaches us sewing, darning and knitting. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland She drew forth Gregory's letter from under the heap of darning appliances on her lap. Tante String the close warp with fine darning cotton and have the strings in pairs with fringe at each end. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home "It isn't like darning stockings, I can tell you." The House in Town She went earnestly to work with her darning needle instead. Opportunities The lady of his heart was quietly darning stockings. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland The passage is so high and narrow, that "one might almost compare it to the eye in a darning needle." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The last part of the weaving is like darning, and is often done with a needle. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home A man loves to come home and find his wife or his mother darning his socks. In Times Like These Up one side and down the other; then up that side and down the first; threading long double needlefuls, and having them used up with great rapidity; Matilda seemed to grow into a darning machine. Opportunities Bernard was let off, and he walked away, not in the best of tempers, into the house, and into Miss Evans's own parlour, where she was seated at her usual employment, darning stockings. The Fairchild Family To make cords in nape of neck, which support the mane, thread a large sewing needle with heavy thread for small birds, a darning needle with string for larger. Taxidermy A face cloth made from cheese cloth Materials The materials for making face and dish cloths are: cheese cloth cut bias, darning or knitting cotton, or candle-wicking. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home He is at his darning; ay, with real wool and a real needle he is darning his socks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 It was absolutely better than play, to fly about and do all these things, after the confinement of darning stockings. Opportunities He got his meals now at the tavern, and spent most of his time there; and the mistress finally had the pleasure of darning his stockings and sewing the buttons on his underwear. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore A fine long darning needle for bead work. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet Just imagine the happy moments I spent under the great old willow by the well, darning those same triangular rents. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 "These want darning," she remarked; then, in the most natural manner, she sat down in the big wicker chair beside him, and started to ply her needle. People of Position So intent she was on these questions, that the darning was done with the greatest patience, and therefore with the greatest success. Opportunities They are taught to do their own washing, dusting, scrubbing, cooking, and darning. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland She, poverina! always sat up, patching and darning, long after we were in bed, so that we might go decently to school. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Bessie's darning a stocking that Maria gave her, and I'll sit right in front of her, so I can see how she pulls the needle through. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly For a sewing-room, or, in fact, any apartment where the weekly mending is done, a darning screen is wonderfully commodious. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The darning was very tedious indeed the morning after this talk. Opportunities Be able to make poultices, and do patching and darning. How Girls Can Help Their Country They taught all the older girls to read and write, and sew and knit, not only plain sewing, but fine stitching, and open-work, and fine darning, and button-holes, and lace-work, and so on. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Instead of joining the other girls at tennis and croquet in her play hours, she was expected to sit in the linen room, darning stockings and hemming dusters, or mending damaged garments. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life They found Mrs. Hope darning stockings on the back piazza which commanded a view of the mountain range. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series The darning needle went very fast for the next half-hour; and Matilda's cheek was bright. Opportunities Now take a darning needle, and thread each thread in turn, and darn each one into the stuff. How Girls Can Help Their Country When nearly grown they are covered with long blue pin-feathers as long as darning needles, without a bit of plumage on them. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 One of the manifold duties that had lately been heaped upon Gipsy's shoulders was the task of sorting the stockings that came from the wash, and putting in a pile those that required darning. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life When Ursula lifted her head from her darning, and looked at him with cheeks alternately white and crimson, Janey felt herself grow hot and breathless with kindred excitement, and knew that the moment had come. Phoebe, Junior Matilda could bear this down-stairs pretty well; but when she found her self in Mrs. Candy's room for her morning hours of reading and darning, it became heavy. Opportunities Bertha smiled, sighed very gently, lowered her eyes once more, and proceeded with her darning. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School “It’s probably a book agent,” said Madge, as she went down-stairs to the parlour, rather begrudging the interruption to her darning bout. A Bookful of Girls The ring presaged the next bride or groom, the darning needle single blessedness to the end, the thimble, many to sew for, or feed, the button, fickleness or disappointment. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Thus Mr. May was released from duty in the drawing-room, where Ursula, palpitating with many thoughts which were altogether new to her, sat doing her darning, and eluding as well as she could Janey's questions. Phoebe, Junior When the art of darning lace was mastered, her aunt decided that it was good for her to learn all kinds of sewing. Opportunities Bertha continued to draw her needle in and out of the little socks she was darning. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School Present samples of seaming, hemming, darning, and either knitting or crocheting, and press out a Scout uniform, as sample of ironing. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts So many things had to go in it—the darning needle, thimble, picayune, ring, and button. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South She was busy with her week's mending and darning, with the stockings and other things in a big basket beside her. Phoebe, Junior And yet, there were all his socks sorted, and folded, and laid in a row; and every single one of them had been made whole with exquisite darning. The Combined Maze My wife says she has got a nice old cousin who would like to come and stay with us, and that she does all the darning wherever she stays and looks after the children besides. The Comings of Cousin Ann Apply the design to a towel in crochet, cross-stitch or darning. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts He takes naturally to cooking, sewing, and darning; and becomes clever in the selection of feminine dress, so that he can help his sisters in the choice of their clothes. The Sexual Life of the Child He went to the door and closed it after Janey, who had left it open, of course, and then he came to the back of the chair on which stood the great basket of darning. Phoebe, Junior And oh, mamma, here is almost everything, I think—here are tapes, and buttons, and hooks and eyes, and darning cotton, and silk-winders, and pins, and all sorts of things. The Wide, Wide World The outline of a petal is first worked, and successive rows of darning follow the lines of the flower, expressing to some extent its form. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery As soon as breakfast was over, and the early morning duties attended to, Miss Gordon took her embroidery—Mary did the darning now—to the dining-room fire and called Elizabeth to her. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Laundry work in the pine woods implies mending and darning, as well as washing and ironing, and the poor little woman had her hands full of work surely. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others She had scarcely enough to pay for their meagre fare, and her own clothes and the children's were almost beyond patching and darning. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius On the table, where presumably Nan performed her literary labors, lay the week's darning. Otherwise Phyllis The darning is there quite even in workmanship, but it is, as will be seen, of different degrees of strength—lighter for the surface of the pattern, heavier for the outline. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Miss Gordon went back to her darning on the side porch, and worked at it feverishly, wondering if the child were really in her right mind. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Mrs Morgan went on darning her stockings while she was speaking, and the Rector, like most other men, objected to be spoken to by the lips only. The Perpetual Curate Some advocate burning out the wound with a red-hot wire, or darning needle, instead of cutting, but the treatment is less effective and more painful. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Later, Elvira developed the spinsterly accomplishment of darning her own delicate silk stockings to finished perfection, and was promptly importuned by all the young Lawrences to darn theirs. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 One may finish off darning, for example, at the edges with a satin stitch. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery At the present moment she was attending to three beside the darning, and had chosen her position with an eye to their accomplishment. 'Lizbeth of the Dale So many plates to wash, and the darning basket seemed to grow larger each year, and the babies were so heavy. A Princess in Calico Use a darning or crewel needle, and a very long thread, or you will have to be continually taking fresh. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Then she took from it a bundle of socks and stockings and began to overhaul them with a view to darning. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies For a background, simple darning more or less open, in stitches not too regular, is often the best solution of the difficulty. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery On the side porch of the gray stone house sat Miss Gordon, steadily darning at the eight pairs of stockings belonging to her eight nephews and nieces. 'Lizbeth of the Dale She drew her work-table to her and took out a pair of Shawn's stockings that needed darning. Love of Brothers We shan't have to do any darning, but just embroidery in our cells and wax flowers. Eyebright A Story I once caught her darning my rags of socks and crying over them—the Lord knew why! The La Chance Mine Mystery It results from the way of working that you get in darning an interrupted line characteristic of the stitch. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery "Send me all your socks when they want darning—which is every week." Captain Jim The vision of a house-mother trusting the Lord even for the darning of stockings was an example of faith that touched the hearers. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York I recollect how nice Saturday afternoons used to seem when Aunt Myra had kept me busy darning stockings all the morning. A Little Country Girl The sewing classes cover the usual exercises in simple hemming and darning, making towels, hemming napkins, and the like; then underclothes, and later dresses are made. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) What is called "double darning," by which the breaks in the single darning are made good, has in effect no character of darning whatever. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery It was at least an hour afterwards, and Mrs. Archibald was comfortably seated in the shade darning stockings, with an open book in her lap. The Associate Hermits "It will take but a minute more if you will let me alone," was all the mother said as Phillida released the work, and the elaborate darning went on. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York On a long, clumsily carpentered table, a small Jew, collarless, sweaty, unshaven, was darning trousers under an evil mantle gaslight. Free Air The boys also receive twenty lessons in the simpler forms of sewing—darning, hemming, sewing on buttons. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) The darning of the sampler, Illustration 43, is very simple. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery I confess to a faint heart when I think of myself darning my socks in off moments between battles. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 Yes; but it's fraying a little at the cuffs, and when it gives away there darning and patching won't save it. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Slipping the darning gourd into the toe of one of Lucy's little white stockings, Virginia gazed attentively at a small round hole while she held her needle arrested slightly above it. Virginia Certain sewing days in school, called darning days, are sacred to the renovation of worn-out garments which the girls bring from home. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) The flower stalk is defined by darning the first row in a darker colour; for the rest, voiding is employed, but it is not easy to void in darning. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery This again was worked upon with very happy effects, very fine darning stitches making the requisite depth of shading. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Finish off neatly, drawing the toe together and darning in with a worsted-needle. Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet "And he's right," returned Virginia loyally, while she got out her work-bag and began sorting the array of stockings that needed darning. Virginia Up-stairs Mrs. Morgan was darning stockings in the coolest room in the house,—a bedroom with a northern exposure. A Tar-Heel Baron More accomplished work in darning is shown in the border by William Morris in Illustration 44, where it appears, however, much flatter than in the coloured silk. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Then the boys returned with the sorry gleanings of the base camp, and the business of making two tents from the soiled and torn sled-covers and darning worn-out socks and mittens, was put in hand. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America In the event of the scales rising from the use of wet plaster or any other cause, "wrapping" cotton, i.e., "darning" cotton, or shoemakers' hemp, must be bound over them to keep them in place. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Page 23—analagous amended to analogous—"We know how closely analogous to ‘darning’ was ..." Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms "Yes," said Mrs Langton, "now Beatrice bring that darning downstairs, we must finish packing tomorrow, I will mend that skirt for you," and so saying Mrs Langton left the room. Daisy Ashford: Her Book At last she cut her thread and suddenly put her darning down, saying emphatically: “William, I don’t think it would hurt you to let the boys go to that circus in town to-morrow.” A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Have a table "cleared for the action" and place your paper on the right-hand side, adding a pair of scissors and a spool of coarse thread, or, better still, of soft darning cotton. Little Folks' Handy Book Bean stringing when the womenfolk pitched in to help each other out stringing beans with a long darning needle on long strands of thread. Blue Ridge Country Different stitches were employed; there was the early drawn and cut work, and then the silk embroidery showing the girl's acquirement of the darning stitch. Chats on Household Curios I’ll wager that your lists are not worth a darning needle. Hunters Out of Space It requires a German offensive to drive the modern woman towards her darning needles. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Through the door in the side the guests were to pass to the sixth room, where there were nuns engaged in household duties, mending the linen, darning the stockings, and so on. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions They are as cozy as old ladies with their darning. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 I will go—and I won't do another bit of darning tonight. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Supplementary work: Shoe bags, silver cases, holders, bibs, silk bags, darning bags, needle books, traveling cases, baby caps and work of a similar character. The Making of a Trade School The sewing-needle, or the fragment of the darning needle, is now to be used as a test-needle, to examine the distribution of the magnetism in your strip of steel. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 As peaceful as old ladies with their darning. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Meals wanted cooking, cupboards and drawers tidying; garments darning and patching! An Australian Lassie Or, to speak more correctly, she had been darning them. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 My plans don't seem to materialize rapidly, and I foresee that I shall go on darning stockings till the end of my days. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Procure some darning needles, and also a little unspun silk, which will give you a suspending fibre void of torsion. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 And the wind that took his breath had a curious, piercing quality that hurt, as Uncle Bill had said, like breathing darning needles. The Man from the Bitter Roots "It's a curious thing," said Mr. Thurgood, looking meditatively at my hands; "I've got just such another patch of darning on my knee," and he pulled up his trouser. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 The children were upstairs in bed, and Aunt Beatrice was darning their stockings, a big basketful of which loomed up aggressively on the table beside her. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 I had not noticed her when I came in, the original of the snapshot, sitting placidly in a corner darning socks. Greener Than You Think Happily, in this blessed land, where hunger was unknown, we were not conscious of its terrors, and perhaps hardly knew why the "cambric needle" and the darning needle were the only ones in the market. The Development of Embroidery in America The object of darning or mending is to make all repairs in the structure of the cloth before the process of fulling. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Cook said she never saw more beautiful darning and that in a big city I could make a fortune at lace mending. The Girls at Mount Morris On reaching home, �variste found his mother sitting at the window darning stockings. The Gods are Athirst Her washing ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And passed the long, long night away In darning ragged hose. The Book of Humorous Verse To-day she watched her aunt as she opened drawers, took the white covers from blankets and comforts, inspected sheets and patch-work quilts with an eye to necessary darning. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's This was accomplished with the aid of a bamboo spindle not much bigger than a darning needle, which was lightly weighted with a pellet of clay. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades When she was nine years old it was her business to do all the family darning, looking askance at Doris. A Little Girl in Old Boston She was really darning socks, but they could easily be concealed in an empty art flower-pot when the front bell rang. Eliza She insisted on darning the stockings and knitting the woollen ones for winter. A Little Girl of Long Ago Then her mother looked up from the stockings she was darning. A Little Girl in Old New York Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle.” The Dew of Their Youth "Now, if you had been an only child, Aunt Priscilla, and had no parents, what a small amount of darning would have fallen to your share!" said Betty. A Little Girl in Old Boston Who would I be patching torn trousers or darning ripped sweaters for if you were like Bob, I'd like to know? Walter and the Wireless Alvina sat darning the sock and smiling at her own shamelessness. The Lost Girl Iris propped the book up against her basket and went on darning. A Pair of Clogs Agnes Anne looked carefully to see if the darning showed, and decided that not even her grandmother could spy it out—how much less, then, the Doctor. The Dew of Their Youth Mrs Willders was a widow, and was usually to be found seated by the fire, knitting a sock, or darning one, or mending some portion of male attire. Fighting the Flames Perhaps the gentleman of the house may be darning his stockings?” Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest There sat two of them, Madame and herself, darning socks in a stuffy little bedroom with a gas fire, as if they had been born to it. The Lost Girl Since he could find nothing but black linen, Wallie threaded a darning needle and did a fancy "feather" stitch down the middle of each of them. The Dude Wrangler But go home to cold mutton and darning, while I’m off to novelty and adventure. The Love Affairs of Pixie He came one afternoon when I was darning stockings by the dining-room table, and the disobedient orphan showed him straight in on the domestic scene. The Lady of the Basement Flat Even lessons in the old schoolroom, even that hateful darning and mending to which she had to devote a portion of her time each day, seemed delightful in contrast to her present inertia. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Madame was darning socks for the young men. The Lost Girl Nothing is so useful to a young woman in your position as a habit of darning neat. Orley Farm About noon of the winter's day, James B. slouched down to the Light and entered the living room where Janet sat darning Davy's coarse gray socks. Janet of the Dunes “Another sort!” said Lysken, looking up again from the stocking which she was darning. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The white darning threads grinned at him like teeth. The Dragon Painter An upset work-basket, disgorging spools, needle packets, and an avalanche of stockings awaiting darning. Fair Harbor "I wish I could see the dear boy again," sighed his mother, looking up from the stocking she was laboriously darning. The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California Mrs. A. sat darning a pair of stockings the whole of my visit. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record “How could I, when I never had an husband?” answered Lysken, darning away tranquilly. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada No. 13.—Point de Reprise.—This stitch is worked by darning over and under two threads forming a triangle. The Art of Modern Lace Making Her weekly darning was a trifling piece of work, for every hole which ventured to make its appearance in those little gray stockings was promptly nipped in the bud. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book "May I sit here, dear, with my work?" said the pastor's wife, coming in with a basket of stockings in one hand, her needle and yarn for darning in the other. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories In the camp he was as busy as an old housewife, and occupied his leisure time mending, stitching and darning. The Black Wolf Pack “I cannot tell wherefore thou art vexed, Blanche,” said Lysken, resuming her darning, in that calm style which is eminently provoking to any one in a passion. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Wash-silk floss, India floss which is of linen but looks like silk, and ordinary darning flosses are all used for this work. The Art of Modern Lace Making Here is the active housewife, whose hand was always busily employed sewing, darning, scouring, never idle for one minute, keeping her house clean, and her children tidy. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year To think of eating, darning and mending up there! Hubert's Wife A Story for You Don't you think it is, Mrs. Reece?—no hems to stitch, no buttons to sew on, no darning. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies He took up the wet clothes and, cautiously leaving the scullery, crossed the passage to the parlour, where Mrs. Wheeler, a confirmed invalid, was lying on a ramshackle sofa, darning socks. A Master Of Craft The hem is fastened down by three rows of darning stitches, the outer row being deep garnet, the middle row bright old-rose and the inner row deep orange. The Art of Modern Lace Making Was she making the clothes of her children, knitting, mending, darning, after the supper dishes were put away? 363-10 Where were the children? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Gus discovered, with a little shock of surprised delight, that she was darning a sock—could it be his sock? Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Every kitchen needs a box containing balls of brown thread and twine, a large and small darning needle, rolls of waste-paper and old linen and cotton, and a supply of common holders. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School There is another little girl seated at a table darning with all the energy of a Martha-like character. Philosopher Jack Moderately coarse net was selected, and the darning was done with linen floss in the various patterns seen, and which are repeated in a larger form on the following pages. The Art of Modern Lace Making She was wont to sit serene in a corner, darning innumerable socks, while a tornado was going on around her. My Doggie and I Is it a darning needle, or a knitting needle, or a drawing-through needle? Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Run thin places in stockings, and it will save darning a hole. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School “Isn’t it beautiful?” said Mrs Frog, wiping away a tear with the sock she was darning in preparation for her husband’s return. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure According to the purpose for which the work is intended, and the color of the net selected, the darning may be done in cotton, linen or silk, and in white, black, écru or colors. The Art of Modern Lace Making Arrived at the summit of the hill we found a rustic table, also a rustic seat on which was seated a comely matron engaged in the very commonplace work of darning socks. The Big Otter She did not look up, being too busily engaged at the moment in the hideously commonplace act of darning the smallest possible hole in one of her dear little stockings. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America In darning, after the perpendicular threads are run, the crossing threads should interlace, exactly, taking one thread and leaving one, like woven threads. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School I want you to assist me with my sewing and darning—of which I have a very great deal—and help to take care of baby.” Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure A touch of color may be given the work by using a little tinted or colored floss with the white, though the latter is most generally selected for darning net. The Art of Modern Lace Making Kunelik, as his mother was named, was seated therein, not exactly darning his socks, but engaged in the Eskimo equivalent—mending his waterproof boots. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew This hole the pupil is to replace by darning, composed of white and colored threads. In and Around Berlin They dropped darning and magazine and flew to welcome him home. Prudence Says So His pretty wife sat beside him darning a pair of very large socks. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Serviceable darning can be done on the machine. Textiles and Clothing Which made the kind lady rabbit laugh, for she spent lots of time, let me tell you, darning the holes in her little bunny boy’s golf stockings. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers In the sewing-room mending and darning alternate, on certain days, with the cutting and making of plain garments. In and Around Berlin Carol and Lark picked up their darning, and Connie bent earnestly over her magazine. Prudence Says So I found the lieutenant with his shirt-sleeves tucked up, he having just completed his morning ablutions, an old stocking on one fist and a needle and thread in the other, engaged in darning it. Paddy Finn Thread for darning should be as near as possible the size of the threads in the garment. Textiles and Clothing What, though, as a rule, does your pretty pink and white know about buttons, or darning, or cooking? Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny Some of that shown me in the sewing-room I now visited was exquisite, but was outdone, if possible, by the darning. In and Around Berlin The girls' intentions had been the best in the world, but in less than a year the family darning had fallen entirely into the capable and willing hands of the gentle chaperon. Prudence Says So Mrs Beeton put her head on one side and tried how far she could get her arm down the black worsted stocking she was darning, looking at me meditatively the while. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden The other method, which is the stronger, is done by darning a square in the angle, first with the warp threads, then with the woof threads and finishing each end across the tear. Textiles and Clothing It looked like a hopeless task, the attempt to transform by darning and turning, by patching and eking, the poor remnants of last winter’s frocks and petticoats into garments suitable for home and school wear. Christie Redfern's Troubles The darning replaces the fabric, not only with neatness and strength, but in ornamental patterns. In and Around Berlin Down in the kitchen, meanwhile, Fairy sat somberly beside the table with a pile of darning which she jabbed at viciously with the needle. Prudence Says So The old lady was sitting darning stockings, with a newspaper spread over one half of the table and a little bowl standing ready to receive the snippings of worsted. More about Pixie Stocking darning may be done on the right side. Textiles and Clothing Miss Mollie, your mother wants to know if you have finished darning the socks? The Fortunes of the Farrells Then, and only then, would she consent to pass on to the third question, which concerned itself with the vexed question of darning. Betty Trevor There’s no saying—I may come to adore darning stockings and wending linen before the year is out! Sisters Three The very darning of their socks is a distraction!” More about Pixie This should always be done in any kind of stocking darning, but not so close as to make a wrinkle. Textiles and Clothing I’ve been darning stockings, and trimming a hat, and ironing a blouse, and washing lace, and writing letters all in a rush. The Independence of Claire “My dear boy,” she said, as I entered the parlour, where she sat darning the vicar’s socks by the light of a moderator lamp, which stood on a little table close beside her. She and I, Volume 1 Such indoor games as those which may be had from blocks, puzzles, cutting out of pictures, darning of cardboard, soldier games, dolls, housekeeping, etc., are all splendid means of recreation for the little ones. The Mother and Her Child He nodded abstractedly, went upstairs to the big, sunny sewing room, searched the family needlecase for a long stiff darning needle and extracted several rubber bands from the red cardboard box on the library table. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Thread used for darning should be as near as possible the size of the threads in the garment. Textiles and Clothing Each pupil should provide a pair of stockings with a few small holes and a gourd or ball of some sort that she can use as a darning ball. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools On her high forehead, above her gray eyebrows, shone the glass eyes of her spectacles; her left hand was covered with a man's sock which she was darning. The Argonauts One kind of darning is rather popular at the present moment, and examples of it may be familiar; it is a large, bold kind of work, often carried out with a coarse twisted silk. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Overworked they were, breaking up—some at munitions; some at shoemaking classes; others darning socks—and they were all suffering terribly from air raids. An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 Cotton and linen thread of the finest quality, untwisted, should be used for darning stockings and underwear. Textiles and Clothing Might it not be possible that when the rent came in the Cabinet, he might yet be present at the darning? Can You Forgive Her? Me at school; Mamma reading novels with one eye, and darning papa's stockings with the other. My Friend the Chauffeur In the second example the darning is taken two ways of the material; in the centre, where it meets and crosses, it entirely covers the ground. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Such darning I never have saw in my born days. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Begin by darning diagonally through the center, darning back and forth towards the end of the tear until one-half has been finished; then begin at the center and work in the opposite direction. Textiles and Clothing And for this she had dressed herself with so much care, mending her gloves, and darning her little fragments of finery! Can You Forgive Her? She decided to begin by darning his socks, for she chanced to have some black darning wool in her workbox. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl In a collection of early Egyptian work in the Victoria and Albert Museum, there is some pattern darning, dated VIth to IXth century, A.D., which proves it to be a very early method of embroidering. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Her son could not remember a time when he had not seen those small hands in motion—shaping garments, darning rents, repairing furniture, exploring the inner economy of clocks. The Fruit of the Tree An even darning or basting stitches, chain stitches or outline stitch may be used if the space is not too small. Textiles and Clothing I took twelve darning needles of good quality, 3 in. long, 1⁄24 in. thick. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. At last he paused in his wanderings before the industrious Pollyooly, and his eyes fell on the gigantic sock she was darning. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl This pattern darning, however, is so pretty that it is often possible to make use of it in embroidery work for all kinds of purposes. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Miss Sandys' eyes had failed through long looking over lessons, and she no longer did any handiwork, save coarse knitting, hemming, and darning. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Like satin stitch, all outlines are run with an even darning stitch, except the very small eyelet holes, made with a stiletto. Textiles and Clothing I can see my mother now cooking food in dirtier and dirtier lodgings, darning socks with weaker and weaker eyes when she might have worn pearls by consenting to be a rational person. Magic A Fantastic Comedy The only stocking he had was in his hand, and he appeared to have been darning it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Another way of disposing of the undrawn threads is to cover them with a kind of darning stitch, as illustrated in fig. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving "Very well, my son," said the old man, and taking a long darning needle, he put a knob of sealing-wax on the end, saying, "Here is a sword to take with you on your journey." Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm Always darning parallel with the warp threads and the woof threads. Textiles and Clothing Rising she laid aside the silk blouse she was darning and went to the wardrobe for her wraps. Jane Allen: Right Guard Va Groups of Fillings in which darning plays important part. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor There is a most practical sound about darning; it can, however, be made good use of in embroidery as well as in plain needlework. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving It was a long darning needle, and the detective, after examining it an instant under the electric light, slipped it into a leather card case. The Substitute Prisoner In the diagonal tear, as the threads are cut diagonally, to prevent drawing apart, the darning threads must cross each other. Textiles and Clothing The girls at Richmond receive training in domestic work, needlework, knitting, darning, &c., according to their ability. Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health The fancy fillings such as darning, French knots, etc., are demonstrated and described in the following pages, and the colour plates endeavour to give the idea of the correct colourings. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor The second kind is called pattern darning; in it the stitches are picked up in some regular order, so that they form various geometrical patterns over the surface. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light. The Substitute Prisoner Leave a tiny loop at the end of each row of darning, so that the threads will not draw. Textiles and Clothing That evening, Faith was even unwontedly cheery and busy, taking a burned half breadth out of a dark cashmere dress, darning it at the armhole, and pinning the plain ribbon over the brown straw bonnet. Faith Gartney's Girlhood The same stem as in foxgloves but with darning introduced up the centre. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor The third example shows the darning stitch forming a diamond pattern. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving I caught him neatly darning his own woolen socks. The Prairie Wife The chain stitch, besides being ornamental, makes one of the best darning stitches, reproducing the stitch in knitting. Textiles and Clothing Grandma Dudley at her sitting room window is darning her grandchildren's stockings and carefully watching the street. Green Valley IV A light treatment for stems, the filling, shells in buttonhole stitches, with second outline in darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor Every square of the patterned part must be crossed in each direction by two lines of darning, which should about fill it up. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Some call the dragon fly a darning needle, and say it sews up people's ears when they lie on the grass. The Insect Folk The chain stitch is used in modern embroidery as an outline and for darning, but in old embroidery, the outline and chain stitches were used for filling as well. Textiles and Clothing And I’ll not haunt you: ghosts enough, with Ezra, Counting his ghostly sovereigns all night long, And old Eliza, darning ghostly stockings. Krindlesyke The smaller petals were partially filled in with buttonhole stitch and darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor They can be clustered in bunches in different ways with ornamental stitches added, or be entirely covered over with darning or overcast stitches in such a way as to form a pattern. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving “Why, you surely have not been speaking to her on the subject?” said Helen, who was busily engaged darning Bunny’s socks; she raised her head and looked at Polly in some surprise as she spoke. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl At first the woof or filling threads were woven back and forth between the warp threads as in darning. Textiles and Clothing Well," said Perkins, "here is a darning needle four inches long. The Story of Cooperstown Contour in stem stitch, filled in lightly with buttonhole stitch, and darning and long-and-short stitch. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor The darning thread may be coloured; in a more intricate design two or three different colours might be introduced. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Mrs. Beauchamp, very tired and peaceful, was drawing a dispirited darning needle through very worn stockings, and by Susie's sofa sat an upright figure with keen eyes and silver hair. Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children Wait till you get to darning his socks, you won't be so crazy about him then.' Sunny Slopes And Prudence, with her darning basket, was earnestly trying to solve a domestic problem,—how to get three pairs of wearable stockings out of eleven hosiery remnants. Prudence of the Parsonage Stem stitch, buttonhole stitch, French knots and darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor "You have not asked after the bride and bridegroom," says old Mrs. Daintree, as she sits in her corner, darning everlastingly at those brown worsted socks of her son's. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance What he did not suspect was that her wedding garments had been thrust aside as of less importance than Mrs. Mullen's basket of darning. The Miller Of Old Church Florence," said Mrs. Atwater, "don't you want to slip over to grandpa's and ask Aunt Julia if she has a very large darning needle? Gentle Julia “He is going to be baptised as soon as he is big enough to be taken out of my darning basket,” said Jane Riggs with defiance, but Mrs. Sturtevant regarded her with relief. The Butterfly House In all this piece of work there is to be noted a great deal of buttonholing and darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor Vera thinks she must have been sitting there darning incessantly, day and night, ever since she had been away. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance If he had looked at her darning, he would have seen that it was woven of exquisite and elaborate stitches—such stitches as went into ecclesiastical embroideries in the Middle Ages. The Miller Of Old Church The memory of the silk and fine linen also fades somewhat, in the presence of darning which contains hard lumps and patches which immediately come off. The Spinster Book The Fourth Form room was turned into a temporary surgery, and Dr. Barnes installed himself there with tubes of vaccine and packets of new darning needles. The Luckiest Girl in the School The other two spaces are filled by brick stitch, and darning with little veins of coral stitch and herring bone. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor Old Mrs. Daintree sits darning socks, severely, by the fading light. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance In the little "best room," which was opened only for "courtings" or funerals, he found Judy seated under a dim lamp with a basket of darning in her lap. The Miller Of Old Church Mrs. A. sat darning a pair of stockings the whole of my visit. Memoir of Jane Austen When he is reading and she is darning socks, she is the very embodiment of the fine French expression "I am content." The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future One of the many conventional foliations in this design, carried out in stem stitch, buttonhole and darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor The very last thread is sometimes put in with a darning needle. Navajo weavers Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-'82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 371-392. Any darning should be done smoothly, since a bunch in the stocking is apt to bruise the skin. How to Camp Out Have ready a colander and a long darning needle. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Sew the opening with a stout darning needle and string. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions The contours of flowers in back stitch, filled in short-and-long stitches and darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor For all their brushing and darning they were unmistakably shabby—utterly unfit to grace a dinner-party. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe I sat down to watch the motions of her adroit little digits in darning stockings, and mending homely garments. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse To Prevent Stockings from Wearing Out.—Paste pieces of velvet soft side up, into the heels of your shoes, bottom and back, and you will find your stockings darning reduced by a big per cent. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Sew the opening with a stout string and a darning needle. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Contour in stem stitch; vein ditto, edged with two rows of short-and-long stitches and darning. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor Joanna, who was darning some fine linen, rose and made her respects with perfect composure. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York Did you really do this beautiful darning, miss? The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Darning.—When darning must be done in the evening it is more easily done if a light colored darning ball be used. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Fill into squab and then sew up with darning needle and stout string. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Branching veins knot stitch outlined with darning stitches. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor The one was darning some desperate-looking socks; the other, as usual, deep in a book. Hills of the Shatemuc Lizzie, who had been crying comfortably, wiped her eyes with the sock she was darning. Lydia of the Pines When the neat piece of darning was ended, the housekeeper repaired to the closet to put on a loose writing-sack. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string or fasten with toothpicks. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions I dare say Mr. K.'s wife was at that very moment, five hundred miles off, darning her children's stockings. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is Mrs. Landholm's eyes fell to her work and she took up her stocking again and went on darning; but there was a quick motion of her needle that told how the spirits were moving. Hills of the Shatemuc Within two weeks, the casual glimpse of Lizzie darning one of Amos' socks gave her a sense of nausea, but she hung on with determination worthy of a better cause. Lydia of the Pines Some mothers go so far as to instruct their sons in the delicate tasks of darning stockings, and repairing rents in their own clothes. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Sew the opening with a darning needle and a stout string. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions For then her dear but most contrary mother would glance up from her book or her darning and remark, with a calm smile, "When I was a little girl—" "Ah!" The Garden of the Plynck In that case the netting may be done in Brooks' Knitting Cord, No. 60, and the darning in Embroidery Cotton, No. 70. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. She was darning stockings, foolish, pretty, silken things—Nan's, be it said. The Moon out of Reach When I left school I could make my own dresses, and was a proficient in marking and darning. Records of a Girlhood Sew the lid or circle which has been cut out of the top with a darning needle and heavy string. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions There were meals to get, dishes to wash, and it had been found that outdoor life was very rough on clothing, so there was a good bit of sewing and darning to be done. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands It is worked in braiding-stitch, that is, four threads are laid on, parellel with each other, and formed into a braid by darning them backwards, and forwards, putting the needle always under two together. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. Finding that the question and answer process was not getting them very far, Penelope resumed her darning and announced her own small item of news. The Moon out of Reach She had a piece of old English lace in her hand, which she was carefully darning. The Measure of a Man Sew the opening with darning needle and stout string. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions They gave little jumps on the soft cushions, and were actually darning with some energy on account of the change. What Necessity Knows This pattern is extremely well adapted for darning on square netting. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. It happened one day that Desmond, sitting in the forecastle among the men of his mess, was occupied in darning a pair of breeches for Parmiter. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Virginia was reading, her favorite occupation, while her elder sister, engaged perhaps more usefully, was darning stockings. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst Washing up the plates and dishes and laying fires—oh, and darning as well. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 There it stood, still wheelless, but occupied now by Sophia and Mrs. Rexford, the girls and the darning basket, while some of the children climbed upon the box. What Necessity Knows Before darning netting, wash it perfectly clean, stiffen it by dipping it into a little gum-water, and pin it out on a pillow, in the proper form, to dry. 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