darning

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Straight backed and with birdlike poise, Homer French projects a pioneer self-sufficiency, as if she’d be equally capable of darning a sock, milking a goat or driving a horse-drawn cart.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

It was first thought to be a darning tool and found with dozens of shoes.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

The feet were shoeless, with socks in need of darning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

"Perhaps I will have to forgo my darning circle!" a concerned lady about town sighs.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022

His wife said, “I do,” resumed her darning, and was forced by tears to stop.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote