HOME ECONOMICS JSS2 WK 8

 Date:8th November - 12th November ,2022

Topic: Clothing Repair 

                           DARNING 

         Darning is the process of mending or repairing a knitted  or woven article by wearing thread into the fabric to replace or strengthen torn or worn threads. 

               General Guidelines for Darning 

1. Choose a suitable thread which matches the garment in colour ,texture and thickness. 

2. Work all darns on the wrong side of the article. 

3. Use a long fine darning needle.

4. Draw or pull the edges of the year together with herring-bone stitch before darning.

5. Darn along the selvedge direction first. Then weave in the weft threads. 

6. Ensure that the darn covers the tear or hole and all the worn area surrounding it. 

                 Types of Tear or Cut for Darning. 

1. Darning a year or cut 

I. A tear can be on the straight grain or cross grain. Draw the edges together using herringbone stitch. 

II. Using matching thread,darn first in the selvedge direction,then in that of the weft thread. 

III. Leave loops of thread at the end of each row to allow for shrinkage. 

2. Hedge tear darn or L-shaped tear 

I. Draw the edges of the tear together using herring-bone stitches.

II. Mark about 10mm around the tear with chalk.

III. Work the darn starting in the selvedge direction and cover the marked area.

IV. Form an L-shaped darn 

V. Leave loops in each row to allow for shrinkage. 

Assignment.

Find the meaning of the following terms 

a. Weft 

b. Waft 

c. Selvedge 

d. Bias 









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