Uses for old socks

Today I did an online search for uses for old socks since I really need to clean out my sock drawer. I can't seem to get rid of socks even if one has a hole in it. It seems my dryer never really steals socks from me so my biggest issue is worn socks or ones I don't like how they fit. Here are the ideas I found online today.

• Make those frilly girlie socks into doll clothes by simply cutting the tip of the toe from the sock. Instant sheath dress. Baby socks make cute little hats. Experiment for more elaborate designs. Good sewers can fashion all sorts of Barbie fashionista wear, with just a little imagination.
• Cut the toes from the socks, then sew the socks together in a long tube. Stuff the tubes with dryer lint and use as a door-stopper. Fill long socks (tube socks for men are super) with rice, dried beans or any filler you want, and use them for draft stoppers in front of doors and on window sills.
• Put larger socks over shoes when painting or doing anything messy.
• Use the socks to stuff pillows or soft toys.
• Fill the sock with more socks and catnip. Then sew the sock closed for a great cat toy.
• Can't leave Fido out. Insert a tennis ball into a sock, and then know the end of the sock for a nice dog toy.
• Make the animal world a little nicer with old socks. Knot long socks for tug of war games with the dog. You can also put a tennis ball in the sock and use it to play fetch with him. That way, it's easier to pick up and throw. 
• Fill small socks with fabric scraps and catnip for free cat toys. 
• Horses' legs can be kept warm with long socks and their bandages can be kept in place nicely as well. In the cold, use them to keep pets' legs and paws warm. 
• Old socks make wonderful filler for pet beds, too as they're soft and easy to wash. Stick up a bed from a big old towel and fill it with socks. It's better if you cut them in small pieces and stitch up the sides for a cheap, easy and washable pet bed.
• Animals with sore paws can use them as protective coverings.
  
• Slip socks on your hands and use to dust the ceiling fans or blinds.
• Reuse them as dusting rags with Murphy's Oil Soap. Put the sock on your hand, and dust away.
• Use a sock as a container for small toys or game pieces that seem to always get lost.. You can loosely know the sock and throw it into the toy box or car and not lose any little pieces. Use old socks as pouches for all kinds of things, such as marbles, dominoes.
• Use a sock as a makeshift change purse when you are going to the laundry mat or the corner store. It works well for those pizza place tokens, too.
• Cut the feet off a pair of old tube socks (they probably had holes in the feet somewhere anyway) and pull them onto your forearms while you are gardening. It saves from too many pokes like from roses or bugs or whatever sometimes allergies (which was this lady's case).
• You can also fill a man's tube sock with a lot more rice, sew the end, and make yourself a wraparound heating pad for your neck. You can add your favorite herb mixed with the rice, like chamomile or lavander, so you can get armoatherapy as well as a soothing heat. The rice socks are also good for people with diabetic pets who need to prick the inside of the ear for blood. Just heat a little with the rice sock, and the capillaries surface to make a it an easy prick.
• Make small potpourri for your drawers--you can make several out of one long adult sock. These are great in underwear and pajama drawers.
• Pressure point massage: Put two tennis balls inside the old sock. Tie a knot between the two tennis balls and one to close the end of the sock. Use it while driving your car; between your upper back/shoulder blade and the seat. 
• Tie a large knot- the size of a tennis ball- in an old knee sock. Then, lie down flat and place the knot underneath your leg where you feel the pain. Roll gently back and forth and let the recycled sock apply pressure to the sore area until the pain lets up. Works like a charm!
  
• Polish shoes with an old sock.
• Socks are fantastic for moving day--slip glasses and other small breakables into them for extra cushion.
• Cut them into strips and use them to tie up plants. 
• Tie Up Strips for the Garden
  
• Last summer I needed something to tie up my tomato plants to their support posts. Rope doesn't give as the stems of the plants grow, so I recycled old socks for the job. Just cut socks into long strips and use them to tie your plants to posts to keep them straight and strong.
• Cut the feet off odd socks and used them as knee pads for babies and toddlers to prevent holes in their clothes.
• Baby mittens:  Babies are chauffeured around everywhere and don't need to lift a finger. Baby socks over their hands work better than mittens because you don't have to find the thumb hole.  But they get very confused when you try to teach them the difference between "foot" and "hand".
• My kids always had trouble with nylon car seat straps cutting into their necks. I used to take the straps out and thread thick socks (with the toes cut off) over the straps to make it more comfortable.  This also was handy because they mopped up spit up and are washable.
  
• Put mothballs inside them and put them in the attic to ward off mice, bats and beetles.
• Put tons of lotion or petroleum jelly on your feet and hands and sleep with socks on. In the morning you'll feel like those hands and feet are brand new.
• Cover an ice bag with a sock for a cozier feel.
• Tie lots of long socks in all different colors together and make a unique jump rope for the kids.
• Make a toasty warm sock quilt. Just cut the socks into shapes you like and stitch them together like any other quilt. Add an old blanket and then a back and you will have one of the warmest quilts you've ever had.
• Umbrella sock:  Sometimes I don't want a drippy umbrella in my car, so I fold it up and slip into a large tube sock. It fits better than those teeny nylon bags they come in and absorbs the water. Just remember to take it out and let the umbrella dry when you get home or you will have a mouldy umbrella.
• If you have big chunky legs on your dining room table and scratches on the floor are a problem, fold a piece of sock and put under each leg. Socks are very thick and will protect your floor and you won't even see them. Or, cut circles of sock and put a stack under the leg if you really don't want to see them.
• Travel:  Are you always losing your underwear and other small items in your suitcase?  Use a tube sock to keep all your underwear and socks in and you won't be searching for them under shoes.
• Ladder socks:  Put socks over ladder legs so it won't mar surfaces.  I'm thinking more along the lines of the top arms of an extension ladder to protect a wall that it's leaned against, not the legs it's sitting on. That might prove hazardous.
• Keep odd socks in the car to collect rocks.  When you stop at a park or the beach, give each child a sock to collect rocks in.  They are very strong and easy to carry.
• For tall boots:  Stuff tall socks with newspaper and keep in your boots to keep them from flopping over. The newspaper will also absorb moisture.  You can put pieces of charcoal in the toe of the sock too, to absorb odors.
• Soap pouch:  When your soap is worn down to a sliver and you don't want it melting down your drain, put it inside a small sock and use it as a shower scrubby.