====== Darning A Sock ====== | **Field** | Clothing repair | | **Went Obsolete** || | **Made Obsolete By** | Cheap mass production of textiles | | **Knowledge Assumed** | Sewing | | **When useful** | When unable to afford new socks; when hiking or otherwise near no sock shops | Repairing holes in a sock via sewing. Still useful for many people, it is not obsolete, though in western countries it is not financially efficient.