Cross the needle to the opposing side of the damage and make an upward stitch. Pull through to create a horizontal line of yarn.

Continue to cross back and forth over the hole, creating lines of floating horizontal stitches.

The first and last yarn lines should lay about 1/4 inch (~6 mm) beyond the damage.

The darning will look the best if these rows start and stop on the same vertical and align with the knit rows of the garment.

The ideal gap between each row is the same as the width of the yarn. See the last step of this guide for examples of spacing that's too tight and too loose.

See the next two steps for detailed videos of this technique.