Do you mend your socks? - called Darning

Socks are rather cheap these days and I will assume 99% or people will throw them away when holes develop.
One image from my childhood was my Grandmother sitting in front of the tv watching the afternoon shows, with a sock covering one hand while she darned the hole out of existence.

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MethDozer · M

Only my expensive wool winter socks. At $$20-$40 a pair I can stitch a popped toe.

Also darning is a technique not specific to socks. It's when you stitch between the warp and the weft so as to hide the repair amd blend it into the fabric. You can repair socks by darning but not all sewing repairs to a sock are darning. I usually just seem stich them ass opposed to darning them.