darning
noun
- sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread
Wiktionary
noun
- A repair made by darning.
“Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings, that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred?”
verb
- present participle and gerund of darn