TO MEND A "LADDER."

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 5, 7 January 1928, Page 10

TO MEND A "LADDER."

Almost every girl knows the "creepy" feel of a ladder as it appears in a stocking, and tho consequent vexation! If it is impossible to change them at once, the progress down tho leg may be stopped by moistening tho finger, and pressing it firmly against the last "rung," which will prevent it running any further for a time. Soap, slightly moistened, is even better. But, needless to say, a ladder should be repaired immediately, not after the stocking is washed. A small metal crochet-hook of the size used to crochet fine lace, is best to use; although it is a tedious performance, yet it makes a neater mend than if merely darned with a needle and thread. Start from the bottom by passing the hook through the last loop, then drawing through it tho one just above. Eepeat this right up the stocking, finishing it by a stitch or two of silk. Sometimes it is worth while to have them mended professionally, the mend being quite invisible. Another good plan is to unravel the silk of the leg of an old pair, and instead of using sewing silk to mend a ladder, use the ravelling, which must, of course, be the same colour. »