FINE DARNING
In darning a shirtwaist or other garment where it is important that the place shall not be seen, do the work without putting a piece under the hole and use very fine thread. If the darning is done well, the spot will be as strong as the fabric around it and when it is ironed will be scarcely noticeable. The edges of the material, of course, must be drawn together in their original position. In mending any fabric, the direction of the threads should follow, as much as possible, the lines of the warp and woof. It is advisable sometimes to ravel a thread from the fabric itself and use it in darning. At other times, when silk is to be used, it is well to split silk in order to have a flat thread instead of a round one. It is an old-fashioned idea worth remembering to use a hair in darning fine wool.