But one recent cool morning when I pulled them out, I discovered that several of my favorite pairs have holes in them! So I again went online to look for a darning mushroom... I have been looking for one for years. (My mother always used a burned out glass light bulb for darning, but I wanted something less fragile.)
How many people darn socks these days? I wondered... Surely antique shops are the only place I will find them locally...
But, before placing an online order, I dropped into a yarn shop not far from home...
And to my amazement, they had - not a darning mushroom, but a wooden darning egg (basically the same thing) and at a reasonable price to boot! It comes from Berkley, California...
What a surprise! When I think of California, I think of sunny beaches... not darning socks!
Now, having found a darning egg, I really have no excuse!
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