Recycling socks

When you have a pair of socks that looks like this:



You can throw them away, or you can cut the foots of:



Pick up the stiches and:



Knit a pair of socks in notime:




And have warm feets - happy Friday!

Recycling socks - Part II

Recycling socks - part two:

The first thing I did was to pick up stitches from the legs:



Then I cut off the "not so good parts":



And then added new yarn - knitted the new heels, foots and toes:



And then, in one evening: new socks - not gloves! ;)

Recycling socks

I'm a sock (mis)user...

I wear the thicker socks, not the nice ones I make on needle zero. The thicker ones made with hard, ugly woll/nylon yarn are my favourites.

These were a gift to me (I think):



Great socks, dull and boring to knit, but great to wear. Until:



Almost looks like a glove...



;)

I know I should throw these away, but... there are a perfectly fine pair of legs there..

More later...

:)