Patent ID: 7185402

Claim:
An apparatus which will aid in substantially eliminating misaligned rows when securing adjacent edges of one of knitted and crocheted panels together by securing edges such adjacent edges of a pair of panels of a garment to be darned, said apparatus comprising: (a) a first member having a handle portion on a first end and a jaw portion on an opposite end; (b) a second member having a handle portion on a first end and a jaw portion on an opposite end, said second member engageable with said first member; (c) a securing means engageable with said first member intermediate each end thereof and said second member intermediate each end thereof for securing said second member to said first member; (d) an aperture formed through a jaw portion of one of said first member and said second member; (e) a post member extending outwardly from an inner surface of an opposite one of said first member and said second member, said post member disposed in a position to extend through said aperture, said post member for engaging such pair of panels to be darned and securing such panels in place where only said post engages such panels; and (f) a biasing means engageable with said handle portion of said first member and said handle portion of second member for biasing said apparatus in a closed position.