Mending hose

March 4, 1933 - Washed my clothes and helped Mom.  Ola and Lyle were in a few minutes this morning.  Cloudy, about 5:00 started to rain and that turned into snow.  We worked puzzles again tonite.
March 5, 1933 - Snowed all day.  Ray brought me to Walkers' about 4:00.  They didn't come home until about 6:00.  After supper we listened to the radio, played 500, and worked jig-saw puzzles.  I brought ours along with me.
March 6, 1933 - Delmar and Ronald absent.  Quit snowing sometime during the nite.  Thawed quite a bit this p.m.  Came home early from school.  Mended some of my hose.  Listened to radio and worked jig-saw puzzles this evening.

I have never mended hose, but grew up with nylons that might be salvaged a bit longer with well-placed clear fingernail polish.  After enough of that, they were cheap enough that they could be thrown away and new ones purchased.

Here's what I found about mending stockings.  It comes from a University of Nebraska Agricultural College Extension circular from September 1938:

Stocking mending is perhaps the most common mending problem. Sometimes it is possible to delay the formation of holes in the foot of the stocking if thin places are reinforced with tiny darning
stitches before the threads break. Correct size of hose and well fitting shoes with unbroken linings help to reduce the amount of mending necessary.  When holes appear select thread to match the stocking in color and texture.  If fine thread is used for filling a large hole, a smoother darn may be made by threading two single threads in the needle than by using one thread doubled in the needle.  The darning is begun far enough back from the edge of the hole to reinforce the edges and the length-wise threads are placed first.  Each row of stitches is made a little longer than the last until the
center of the hole is reached; then they are decreased in length. This makes an irregular shape around the edge and prevents strain on any one set of threads. Watch carefully that the threads are not drawn too tightly or the darn will pucker.  It will be more elastic if a small loop is left when turning at the end of each row of stitches. The threads are woven alternately over and under the edges of the hole. After the lengthwise threads are placed the crosswise threads are woven in the same way.

Eek!