Environmental use for old socks?

[ocelotjanie]

What can you do with clean, old socks - mostly child's size but many odd ones - where do they go? I don't want to know that, but any environmentally friendly suggestions to get rid of them gratefully welcomed.

[EcclesCake]

Charity shop or a Salvation Army clothing bank?

[tenrec]

Use on end of ladder so that you don't mark wall. Make soft toys, snakes, puppets. Put on end of garden canes so you don't poke your eye out.

[Kiki-frog]

Sock puppets! Maybe a local school could use them in a craft lesson.

[tinkerbell23]

Ebay? Scrap material or something or one of those shops that pay per bag of clothes xx

[Messi_Ten]

I give mine to OAP's, they use them as gloves in the winter.

[rowanwitch]

fill with stuffing... and stitch up the ends and use as projectiles for throwing at simple targets lik washing up bowls or plastic boxes good for amusing small children and they may find them easier to throw than balls

[emmie]

stick on a pole to see which way wind is blowing.

[EDDIE51]

I sell photographic items on ebay including camera len's . I find an old but clean sock is a great way to protect a lens ,just slip it inside a thick sock and then in bubble wrap for protection in the post.

[ocelotjanie]

What fab responses! Worried about the windsock idea though, not enough room in my garden for all the socks I've got. Nor enough canes. xxx

[maggiebee]

My grandson's school were selling them! Decorated with a few stick on sequins they were perfect covers for mobile phones. School made quite a lot of money from them. Lots of charities make more money from rags than they do from selling clothes so a charity bin gets most of mine.

[emmie]

not sure the pole will like it though, x x

[EDDIE51]

em10 use an old unwashed sock, then you could smell which way the wind was blowing wihout needing to look. :-)

[pdq1]

Unwashed ones are particularly useful for keeping stray cats away from the garden.