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I buy op shop clothes almost exclusively, shit made in the 90s that has decent stitching and wasn't made to last just one season (though the flood of HM, UNIQLO, Zara stuff doesn't stop. I used to volunteer too when I was unemployed and we'd toss bagfuls daily). I'm gunna learn how to darn cos yeh, going through a pair of socks a month is unsustainable.
Darning is super easy to do at an "ugly but functional" level, and then it does seem to reward the extra effort of getting skilled and creative quite well with all those neat patching styles (though I'm still in the ugly but functional stage).
Darning takes so long. I find it soothing, but like way longer than I expected