Hikaru Noguchi, trans. from the Japanese by Camille White. Quick Thorn, $29.95 (96p) ISBN 978-1-912-48015-9 Knit designer Noguchi presents a helpful guide to darning aimed at environmentally conscious ...

If you have a precious shawl, sari or dupatta which has a slight tear, but want to preserve it and wear it on special occasions, then you have a chance of salvaging it, by heading straight to a tiny ...

This is a darning mushroom that belonged to my great, great granny. It's a tool used in the olden days for mending holes in woollen clothes. People always fixed clothes instead of buying new ones. A ...

The darning mushroom would have been an essential tool in an era when women were constantly repairing worn socks.Before the advent of synthetic materials, socks and other items of clothing were in ...