The Cinnamon Tree Darning Kit

This darning kit gathers the basics for reinforcing pointe shoe platforms into one small package: a spool of thread, a thimble, a pair of folding scissors and two needles. The folding scissors travel safely in a dance bag, and the thimble makes it easier to push a needle through the stiff satin at the tip of a new shoe.

Darning the platform adds grip and slows down wear where the shoe meets the floor, and many dancers prepare every pair this way before breaking them in. The kit suits a dancer starting pointe work as well as anyone who sews their own shoes each season.