Homemade Pet Beds (recycle orphan socks!)


	Homemade Pet Beds (recycle orphan socks!)
gingembre
8-28-2008 7:23 PM
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creative, crafts, pets, reuse, recycle, socks
gingembre says:
My kind of project--especially using mismatched, outgrown and holey socks not worth a darn! Washable, too. I'm starting on one right away.
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8-28-2008 7:36 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8b96f602-d5c3-4263-816b-fa445a10e5fe/97B5EB06-BD0D-4A17-A105-69180F818D14/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html" href="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.hgtv.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html">recycle orphan socks into unique pet beds that require more time than money to make</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html">keep</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html">a basket near the dryer to collect these socks as they appear</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="" class="phototext"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/06/ssl938_2a2_e.jpg",350,450)"><IMG vspace="2" border="0" alt="PHOTO" src="http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/06/ssl938_2a2_w190.jpg" /></A><BR /><IMG height="8" width="1" border="0" src="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/images/spacers/spacer.gif" /><BR />Random orphan socks make an inexpensive pet bed, perfect for outside.
					</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="" class="phototext"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/06/ssl938_2b2_e.jpg",350,450)"><IMG vspace="2" border="0" alt="PHOTO" src="http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/06/ssl938_2b2_w190.jpg" /></A><BR /><IMG height="8" width="1" border="0" src="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/images/spacers/spacer.gif" /><BR />Color-coordinated socks sewn into a pet bed make a decorating statement.
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</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Tuck the toe around onto itself and sew it securely to start the spiral <B>(figure A)</B>. You should end with the open end of the sock.<P></P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="" class="phototext"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/06/ssl938_2e2_e.jpg",350,450)"><IMG vspace="2" border="0" alt="PHOTO" src="http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/06/ssl938_2e2_w190.jpg" /></A><BR /><IMG height="8" width="1" border="0" src="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/images/spacers/spacer.gif" /><BR />Figure A
					</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Stuff the toe of the next sock into the open end of the first sock and stitch in place to secure. Continue adding socks, toe to open end, wrapping the tube around on itself to continue the spiral. Always sew the toe of the next sock into the open end of the previous sock.
		</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/homemade-pet-beds/index.html">turn the bed over and sew each row of socks together with a running stitch <B>(figure B)</B>.
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