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Unleash The Potential Of Old Socks With 25 Ways To Reuse Them
By EZEKIEL MAINA
Quirky Mat
Cut the toe ends of your socks open and stitch them end-to-end with a needle and thread, forming a long, continuous tube. Slide a toilet paper tube through one opening.
Fill the tube with wool or cotton for underfoot plushness and let the shape take form. Fold and coil the sock tube into a spiral, hot-gluing adjoining coils to create the mat.
Water Scraper
Since socks have high absorption capacity due to their strained and strewn fibers, you can slide them onto each end of a water scraper's T-frame for better results.
Additionally, a sock's soft texture allows it to glide seamlessly over diverse surfaces. To secure the socks, bring the ends together and attach them using safety pins.
Cozy Pillow
Repurpose old socks into a comfy, decorative pillow. Start by gathering socks with varied colors and patterns, wash them, and slice them open into flat pieces.
Sew them together, patchwork-style, creating a textured fabric pocket that becomes the cover for your pillow. Stuff it with cotton, wool, or old shredded socks.
Wicker-Style Mat
You can spin worn-out socks as a strikingly colorful wicker mat. Slice your socks into stretchy bands and finger-weave them into a long cord of different colors.
Now, twist this threaded rainbow into a circular mat — coil the cord into a flat spiral, starting from the center and working outward. Stitch or pin the loops together.
Cup Cozies
Transform an old, thick-knitted sock into a bespoke cup cozy. Start by cutting off the heel end of a woolly sock, creating a snug tube that slides right over your cup.
If your cup has a handle, a simple snip allows space for easy handling. You can also sew on a piece of fabric at the bottom and embellish the cup cozy with decorative buttons.