The Saga of the Stockings........

tiny crochet hook. but I am sure your moment has passed, They need to sell insurance with those things! You know the extended warranty! Live Laugh Download Stitch!

I don't know about you, Meganne, but I think I'd be calling the company that made them and complaining about how poorly made they were and what a pain in the behind they have been. I'd ask if this is a typical pair, what you can expect with all of their stockings. They will say no of course, that this must not be typical. Then ask for either a replacement of one of their typical better quality stockings, or refund. They will, of course, choose to keep the money and send you a new pair. You shouldn't have to go through all this to save a pair of defective stockings. Really, lady, don't you think this is true? You shouldn't have to have a SAGA of the Stockings. This isn't a kitten up a tree, it's a poorly made product :-) just my opinion - grrrrrrrrr is what I say! Jan

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by cfidl 15 Jun 2012

I think this is the way to play it.

I put the wayward stocking over my darning mushroom and before I could grab the stitch the stinking ladder ran even further!!!!!
Ray, bless his loving heart, went and found a table top lighted magnifier and brought it upstairs for me so I could see better, so maybe I'll do a better darning job this time. :-)))

I know you had many posts about taking the stockings back. I still think that is the best solution. They were terribly expensive if I remember. Good luck Meganne. Sarah.

growing up my mother used to darn our socks slipped the sock over a lightbulb

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by kttyhwk4 15 Jun 2012

mine did too.

by shirley124 15 Jun 2012

mine too

Yep get someones else to do it lol

I see you have plenty of good tips - I would stretch the stocking over something else - then try any one of the ways to catch that loose thread or just learn to live with it with the ladder in it.

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by meganne 14 Jun 2012

hahahahahahaha! I love that idea, I'll stick them with the needle instead of me. :-))))

lol-instead of trying to hide and cover up just make a tatoo and be in vogue. Maureen

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by drro 14 Jun 2012

Great idea! like a sprig of ivy, climbing a wall;>)

by drro 14 Jun 2012

...a very small design, just pretty enough to be distracting to someone else who will look twice;>)

by meganne 14 Jun 2012

I think I may try that!

If you have a large sheet of posterboard, that would be great...and make a tube approximately the size of your leg and slip the stocking on that so that you can stitch up without being a contortionist. I do that for sleeves sometimes. And of course then you need one of those little hook things.

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by meganne 14 Jun 2012

Now there's a thought!
Why didn't I think of that?
I just keep looking at the ladder growing and getting annoyed that I 'missed' the actual stitches when I tried to repair them. It's terrible losing your eyesight.

I've got a tiny latchet tool with a hook 2mm wide which would be ideal, but you'd have to work upwards, facing your own leg, if you left the tights on- a bit tricky - Have you tried a very fine crochet hook and a big magnifying glass?? Jan

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by meganne 14 Jun 2012

My magnifying glass in downstairs where it's too cold to venture, but I have thought of getting it, OH darn I forgot, it clamps onto a table so I can't bring it upstairs. I think I have one of those latch tools, but where did I put it? hmmmmm?????

Try using a tiny crochet needle. If you have some stretchy thread like you use in the serger that might be better than regular thread.

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by meganne 14 Jun 2012

Yes I'm sorry I didn't use that before I started stitching but I thought I was sooooo clever darning it. Guess my eyesight really does suck these days!!!
LOL!

by hightechgrammy 15 Jun 2012

I remember having nail polish sticking to my leg at the end of the day when I pulled off the nylon that had been saved! I never could wear nylons without them running!