Prepare your pointe shoes stitch by stitch with Tendu Pointe Shoe Darning Thread. This thick cotton thread helps create a protective layer over the satin at the tips of your shoes. The ballet pink shade tones with traditional pink pointe shoes, keeping your hand-sewn finish neat and understated.

Best For: Darning pointe shoe platforms • Protecting tip satin • Your pointe shoe sewing kit

Why You’ll Love Tendu Pointe Shoe Darning Thread

• Protects the satin: Darning helps shield the shoe tips from wear where they meet the floor.
• Adds surface texture: Stitches can provide extra grip, depending on the pattern, shoe and dance surface.
• Thick cotton thread: A durable choice for stitching around or over your pointe shoe platforms.
• Ballet pink finish: A toning colour for a neatly prepared pair.

Tendu Darning Thread – Preparing Your Pointe Shoes

Darning adds stitches around or across the platform: the flat tip you stand on when en pointe. Your teacher can help you decide whether it suits your shoes and choose a stitch pattern, especially if you are trying it for the first time.

Dance World Tip: Check your shoes before starting. Darning protects the outer satin but cannot restore the support of a worn-out box or shank.

• Material: Cotton
• Thread type: Thick darning thread
• Colour: Ballet pink, with a warm peach tone visible in the product photographs
• Colour matching: Designed to tone with pink pointe shoe satin; exact shades vary between shoes
• Format: One 20g ball

Supplied as one 20g balls. The amount needed varies with the darning pattern and coverage.

Store unused thread clean and dry in your sewing kit, with the loose end secured to prevent tangling. Check finished darning regularly for worn or loose stitches. Once sewn onto your shoes, follow the shoe maker’s care instructions and allow your pointe shoes to air between wears.