Choice! Vintage darning egg, mushroom, ball, or sock form for sewing, mending, repair. Wood or glass. With or w/o handle. Plain or painted. Material:Celluloid but also for encouraging backyard

but also for encouraging backyard chickens to lay their own

We've been writing thank you notes using our own scavenged-and-cooked-down black walnut ink for years now

• extending the useful life of existing materials defers recycling/waste/composting emissions

With this year under our belt and a second season of walnuts having landed

happy mending (and be sure to check out some of our other mending supplies while you're here)

Choice! Vintage darning egg, mushroom, ball, or sock form for sewing, mending, repair. Wood or glass. With or w/o handle. Plain or painted. Material:Celluloid but also for encouraging backyardIn (previous generations of) make do times, it was common to use a dried out gourd as a darning surface for woolen mends. Since we're guessing most of you haven't set up your gardens with sock repair in mind, we've pulled together a whole bunch of different options to meet this purpose. Some of these offerings are traditional darning tools. Others are beautiful alternatives and or budget solutions (no gourds in stock just yet) it's always good to