Socken stopfen leicht gemacht mit dem Schlingstich / Darning socks made easy with the buttonhole stitch

My illustration for the »Weimarer Adventskalender« from 2024. And of course the topic of my illustration is again: Sustainability.

Some years ago I started to learn how to repair my clothes by myself. I own a large collection of woolen socks made by my grandma, each pair is prettier than the other. How could I throw them away, just because they had some holes? So I learned different repearing techniques, and tried around a lot. And I think, that using the buttonhole stitch is a very easy and durable technique to stuff holes in your socks.

Repairing clothes for me is one of the most meditative and satisfying activities. Now in winter I always have holes somewhere in my clothes and I just enjoy sitting on the couch, listening to an audiobook, darning and mending. And I feel a deep satisfaction when I once more have managed to repair an item of clothing and can use it a little longer (a tiny victory against capitalism).

By the way it is also a great activity to do with friends together. Sitting together, chatting and darning is not only for grandmas, my grandma says.

So I hope, with my instruction you’ll soon be able to repair your socks by yourself. And maybe you’ll have as much fun as I do.

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Some more holes darned on the old socks, no toes poking out anymore. I reached the 'mend-on-mend' phase with these housesocks... 🪡
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#darningSocks is my least favorite kind of #mending but I recently learned about the honeycomb darn and finally I've done these socks. (They're handknitted by, I think, my mom from natural dyed wool, that used to be different shades of pink, but mellowed out over the years. I got these socks roughly 14 years ago.)
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Two more holes mended on the old socks, they're getting more colourful with every mend. 🪡
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