Once I nearly picked a night-adder up, mistaking it for a skein of darning wool.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2002)
Every so often Dad would turn up with a bag of laundry and holes in his socks, and I'd be sent to Jeweks's for a skein of darning wool.
Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2002)
With the lamps lit and the curtains drawn, this cavernous parlor looks almost cozy, especially with Aunt Amelia darning socks.
Elizabeth Peters HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY (2002)
All related terms of 'darning'
darn
If you darn something knitted or made of cloth , you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
darning egg
a rounded piece of wood or plastic used in darning to support the fabric around the hole
darning wool
wool used for darning
darning needle
a long needle with a large eye used for darning
darning stitch
a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended