Stunning wooden darning eggs that would make the perfect tool for essential repairs to knees, elbows, heels and toes.

Each egg is hand decorated with the most beautiful designs from intricate painted floral designs to swirly marbled patterns in shimmery paints.

The rounded surface helps you preserve the original shape of the garment and the smaller size ensures you can fix a hole or threadbare spots without stretching the fabric out too much.

A darning egg is useful for holding the fabric in place whilst you make your mend – it holds the fabric slightly taut keeping an even tension as you stitch and means you can put down your work whenever you need to with none of the repositioning faff when you’re ready to begin again. You also eliminate the chance of stitching two layers of fabric together and creating any loose thread tangles on the reverse side of your mend.

To darn a hole simply pop the egg inside the sock and wrap the elastic band around the base of the egg to hold the fabric in place. To remove the egg from the sock, undo the elastic loop to release the fabric.

All of them are carefully sourced by us from vintage markets and have 'character' e.g. minor chips, surface scratches, dents, tiny holes and marks from previous use.

Supplied with a zero waste elastic band created using fabric offcuts from a U.K swimwear brand.

Suitable for:

• darning knees, elbows, heels and toes.

• mending small holes, mini tears, threadbare spots and disguising a stain.

Measurements:

Each one is a little different in size/shape.

The largest egg is #16 - Height = 7.5cm and Width = 4.5cm

The smallest egg is #4 -  Height = 6.5cm and Width = 4cm