Can I make sock Monkeys or anything useful out of the hundreds of prs of tights???

[glendathegoodwitch]

my 5yr old Dd started school in September and being slightly rebellious I always sent her in funky coloured/patterned tights (said nothing about tight colour in prospectus lol) but she must have gone through about 20 pairs of gorgeous funky pairs after buggering over and putting a little hole in the knee!!!

i dont want to chuck them as they were only worn a few times and were quite expensive so does anyone have any ideas or patterns for turning them into sock monkeys/donkeys/rabbits anything???????

thanks in advance

Learn to darn and use funky colours to darn the holes!!

How about this

(Etsy is great for patterns and tutorials)

My Dd has done the same since nursery started and I just sew them up.

Alternatively...could you cut them into long strips, zig zag the raw edges and then plait/crochet them into a rug? When I was a youngster some 35-40 years ago, there was an editorial called Golden Hands and one of their projects was to plait different coloured nylon tights and then stitch together to make a rug; was very effective though we never made one .

www.craftycrafty.tv/2008/06/how_to_make_a_snake_from_old_t.html

Funky arm warmers?

Or... you can make some pickled bums : )

julierose77.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/10-pickled-bums-now-stuffed-into-a-jar/

snake draught excluders? I'm sure sock monkeys and sock bunnies are a possibility. I've also seen sock monsters.