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25. Change purse (on the day when I finally admire a cardigan in the window of Marks and Spencers)

hedgewizard wrote:25. Change purse (on the day when I finally admire a cardigan in the window of Marks and Spencers)

I thought that day had come last year and actually bought a cardigan, not sure what came over me. Wore it once it has ended up as one of Emma's favorite items of clothing. Only ever bought two items of clothing once, the other was a pair of leather trousers. Never get advice on clothes buying from a man in cowboy hat.

er so I had better think of something to add here er, er *looks around my office *

27. nailed to the side of the desk for a handy place to store pens/paperclips etc.

these are brilliant

28. Stuff other odd socks inside one so you know where they all are
29. Use as a jumper/post-op protection for a small animal (i had to do with with one of my ratties last year...she loved it!)
30. Cut so that its one piece of flat fabric, and give to ratties/small animals to play/bed with.

washing the car, put your hand in an old sock, into the bucket and rub

Put some cloves in one and heat (next to a cup of water) in the microwave - excellent for relieving tooth ache or ear ache

Hang it up and put in your old carrier bags.

34. Use as live bait for a trap like this magpie trap...



...except this one is a trap to catch all the odd socks in your home. Passing odd socks see your bait in the trap and enter it to see off the intruder (odd socks being territorial and solitary by nature) and then can't get back out.

Well, they must go somewhere so assuming they're building a socktopia under the sofa, this may work.

How sad is this - I went to bed last night thinking up uses for old socks - especially as I have a basket full!!
Anyway - how about fragrant sock dollies!
Stuff a rolled up sock into the toe end of another and tie round to make a head. Stuff the rest of the sock with cut up socks and aromatic spices - cloves, cinamon etc. Embroider a face on, add arms, legs, hair and dress - hey presto - sock rag doll that smells nice!!

Guess what we'll be doing this half term...........

There has to be a way to make mini-pizzas out of old socks. The women's magazines that lie around at work make them out of everything else!

if you have a winter jacket that you want to be warmer for the hands you can cut the foot off an old sock and attach to the end of the arms on the inside of the sleeve with optional thumb holes cut and stitchedbit like having a jacket with built in gloves



on edit...thats attach the other elasticated bit...and not the foot bit.....just re read that there and it looked wrong

A hop bag for brewing - old sock ale?

hedgewizard wrote:There has to be a way to make mini-pizzas out of old socks. The women's magazines that lie around at work make them out of everything else!

I've had mini pizzas that TASTE like old socks

Milims wrote:How sad is this - I went to bed last night thinking up uses for old socks - especially as I have a basket full!!
Anyway - how about fragrant sock dollies!
Stuff a rolled up sock into the toe end of another and tie round to make a head. Stuff the rest of the sock with cut up socks and aromatic spices - cloves, cinamon etc. Embroider a face on, add arms, legs, hair and dress - hey presto - sock rag doll that smells nice!!

Guess what we'll be doing this half term...........

What a fab idea!!

Guess who went to the chinese supermarket today and bought aromatic sprices............

I've got lots of cloves lol... I've only got cinammon powder at the moment though... Lavender would obviously work well too...