HackSpace_-_October_2019

FEATURE

hen you’re done making sock

puppets, follow Corina Yen’s lead

and turn old socks into something

more useful. In her Instructable,

she shows you how to repurpose a

single sock into three useful products. The first is

a wristband with a pocket that she calls the sporty

sock. It is made from the elastic top and half of

the sole portion of the sock. You can use it as an

exercising accessory to secure your keys and other

useful knick-knacks. Follow Corina’s Instructable to

sew the pocket that’s cut from the sole portion to

the tubular top. The heel portion of the sock, which

still has some of the elastic bit from the sock’s

tube, is refashioned as a pull-on coaster or a cup

identifier. She calls it the coasty sock, and it’ll again

need some sewing before it can be used as such.

The leftover bit is put to use as a key chain pouch

that insulates the keys from scratching the phone,

or anything else in your pocket or wallet. Corina has

illustrated the process for crafting all three products,

including the sewing bits that can be done without a

sewing machine, which makes this build accessible

to everyone.

UPCYCLE

OLD SOCKS

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Corina Yen

Project Maker

Project Link

hsmag.cc/fbiUNt

Right

As if snipping one

sock into three

different products

wasn’t enough, Corina

used the leftovers

to create a small

hand puppet

Improviser’s Toolbox: Socks

“ You can use it as an

exercising accessory to

secure your keys “