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Darning & Mending

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Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

A few of the words

THIMBLE
Thimbles date back at least to Roman times, and later examples from 17th-century Europe were crafted in silver and even gold — small luxuries for a daily necessity.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DARN
True darning rebuilds a fabric's weave by running threads in two directions across a hole, essentially re-weaving the cloth by hand rather than simply closing it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BASTE
Basting stitches — long, loose, and easy to remove — hold a repair or seam in place temporarily so it can be fitted and checked before the final stitching goes in.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PATCH
Visible mending, the deliberate art of making a patch a decorative feature rather than hiding it, has roots in Japanese boro textile tradition, where layers of cloth were stitched together over many years.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Darning & Mending

Before a worn sock or fraying hem ever reached the trash bin, it passed through careful hands first — a needle threaded by lamplight, a darn worked in patient rows to rebuild the weave, a patch cut and pressed into place with quiet satisfaction. Mending was never just practical; it was a quiet insistence that things were worth keeping. The wooden darning egg, the thimble worn smooth on one finger, the spool of thread matched as close to the original as the tin could offer — these were the tools of a household art passed from hand to hand across generations.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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