[Penninehillbilly]

Sorting through old sock pile this morning, loads of socks with toes / heels gone, with cost of socks now, I have neither time nor inclination to be darning.
Can anyone suggest uses for these sad specimens?

[sss]

I keep wearing them, just keep my shoes on when people are around

[Buffy the eggs layer]

I saw a pic of a tiny kune kune runt piglet wearing a singlet made of a yellow rugby sock this week. So how about breeding weedy piglets.....  

[devonlady]

Dusters?

[Bionic]

I tie mine into knots and let the dog play with them. He likes them better if they haven't been washed 

[SallyintNorth]

I darn nice socks.  Others might get worn as 'work socks', turned around so that the hole in the heel is on top of the foot.  Often under a thicker pair, so they don't show - not that that bothers me.  I tend not to get holes in toes, but if I did, I might look at whether the sock could make a handwarmer.  Else, yes, knot and stuff and it's a dog toy.

[Backinwellies]

We also made a sock ball for dogs ... several socks tied into a ball with bale a twine.

[Womble]

I just clicked on 'unread posts', and I think the forum is trying to tell you something! 

[Ghdp]

Hmm. So you cant wear the odd ones as a mismatched pair?? Must just be me then:)

[SallyintNorth]

Hmm. So you cant wear the odd ones as a mismatched pair?? Must just be me then:)

I don't think there's been any suggestion that we're talking only pairs of socks!  I certainly don't worry about that at all - in fact, I enjoy making odd socks, partly so that when people do that, "Hah hah - I bet you've got another pair just like that at home!", thing, I can say, "Au contraire.  All my socks are unique," and give a big you-don't-know-me-at-all smug g*t grin.  (I can be very shallow.)

[verdifish]

I keep wearing them, just keep my shoes on when people are around

Are you related to fsmnutter? 

[Fleecewife]

They make great dustbin fillers....   Sorry, I'm not thrifty when it comes to socks unless they are hand knitted, in which case I darn them.

[Lesley Silvester]

They make great dusters/cleaning cloths if you put your hand inside. Wash them first though.

[Penninehillbilly]

Thanks all, dusters are the obvious that never occurred  to me.
We do carry on wearing them, but i end up with sore cracked heels, never thought of turning them round so heel is on top.
Only talking odd socks, we wear odd socks if the colour is somewhere near
Might try the dog toy, hope they don't start on OH'so socks he leaves around
Womble?  Not with you on that?

[Buttermilk]

Could be the forum was suggesting to Womble that socks could be useful haggis skins.

In the run up to christmas I am sure that I saw several youtube clips about turning old socks into stuffed toys.  As with most things nowadays when I want something I cannot find it.