WHEN MENDING STOCKINGS.
: Sometimes ■ children-—;ind.; ; : grown-ups,; too — have a ; tendency ..to 'vjvearv their stockings into holes in the? sole.j'pf .the, ■ foot or the ]ieel/VSometimes. : .,it , :'is,'-.'under,' ■ the bull of the ■foot, or at the'side of the big* toe? fUsuallylitpisl' th¥''fitYo'f'":thc: shoe which is. at faulty Holes.-.beyond,: the aid of. darning alone ,may -be';almost invisibly mended if a piece of'discarded : stocking of matching colour.." is ' tacked- ■ under the hole and over the.'thinly-worn parts adjoining. The edges of,,the hole should be tririimed and. neatly, caught to the new! surface beneath. ;:&uch a patch ought to lie ■almost/ invisible if skilfully done. A piece from the turnedciver top of the-stocking, might be used . if there was nothing else' to match, ,■;...
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 10
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117WHEN MENDING STOCKINGS. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 10
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