I solved a problem and created extra drawer space by shifting the many anti-slip socks my son uses instead of slippers in the home.
It’s also useful for grabbing a pair on the way out when off to bouncy castles or playtimes with friends.
I have it hanging on a hook with the hats and coats and above the shoes, ready for when he comes in from school, and before he goes out.
He loves using it because of the element of surprise and he’s become much better at doing everything without being told!
This is so simple and you can cut it any size you think you need. The basic ingredients are:
- single square/rectangle of fabric for the sock tube
- elastic for the top and bottom closure (if you don’t have any you can use cord, lace, ribbon)
- something to attach it to a hook (I made a fabric loop from the same fabric but anything will do!)
Think about where you will use it and the height it should be at to use it easily. This will determine the hook you’ll attach.
This could just be a lace stitched to the top of the tube, or as I did, a same-fabric strap.
Making the tube
Simply sew the fabric rectangle down one side (the side that will form the length of the dispenser).
Adding the elastic
You can either hide this entirely by folding the top and bottom edges over a loop of elastic (already measured to be about half the total circumference of the openings) and sew down.
Embellishments
Or as I did, add button holes to use before folding and sewing the edges and then feed in the elastic using a safety pin or hair grip. I then used up some ribbon thrifted from a perfume box to embellish the front, and it makes it look like it’s tied with ribbon, but in reality the ribbon is not going around the whole circumference but just in front between the two buttonholes.
I decided on this to keep it really easy to use. The elastic means no faffing about untying or tying the bows after each use, nothing falls out and you can reach in a pull.
After washing I just stuff the clean pairs in the top and my offspring pulls them out the bottom when needed. Job done.
If you want to add lettering or other embellishments as I did, do this at the start, before the first step. I just really quickly cut the letters with pinking shears and then zig zag stitched around in a contrast colour.
For what it is I didn’t see the need to be any more fussy that that!
