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

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

From BBC

The seamstresses in Obama’s lineage worked for white families, making and fixing and darning their clothes.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

"Sometimes they would invite them in and to others they would say 'no, sorry we're busy darning our socks today'."

From BBC