Making things is so satisfying!

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I hate to throw away anything potentially useful - and of course depending on how you think about it, that could include almost anything! As I said in an earlier post, during lockdown I have been wearing all my oldest, holiest clothes. And plenty of them since the weather has taken a particularly wintry turn. I don’t know what I do exactly, but I seem to be particularly hard on my socks. Most of the warmest ones soon seem to develop humungous holes in the heels. Then I wear a second pair on top but it can be difficult to arrange so that the holes do not correspond! In the end I had to admit that several of my old pairs really were past it, even for lockdown use. So then I looked online for uses for old socks. I found some ideas but many of them needed socks that were intact - and obviously the best use for those is just to put them on your feet! But in the end I did find some rather inventive and cute suggestions. This morning the girls and I had a go at the simplest of them - and look what we made! Doughnuts for play tea-parties - or you could use as a pin cushion. They are so easy and so much fun to make. I only had one pair of worn out brown socks - now I think I am actually going to have to ask around for more because these are so pleasing! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2021.