20 Handy Ways to Reuse Tights and Pantyhose

I have made small cat toys stuffed with poly filling and some cat nip. They will stick to the paws and make a fun game for the cat. I have also cut them up into small pieces to use for stuffing in stuffy toys. I believe that my mother used them to tie tomato plants to stakes to keep them from hanging on the ground.

Hi,
I sent you a comment per Google but don’t think you’ve received it.
I’d like to give you a tip about how to get a double use out of tights. When I buy them, I always get half a dozen of the same color. Once there’s a run in the leg, I cut it off at the beginning of the panty and save the panty and the “good” leg. When the same thing happens with another leg of a tight, I again cut off the “bad” leg. The next day I wear one panty with one “good” leg and over it another panty with another “good” leg. Although I’m wearing two panties, this cannot be seen. The only result is that two “perfect” legs are seen. Here you save 50% on your tights.
I always save the stockings or tight with runs for making rugs. After cutting off the tip of the foot and the band at the top of the hose, I sew them all together, mixing the colors. Afterwards I make a braid and then sew it together to make a round or oval rug. I’m making one at the moment. When it’s finished, I’ll send you the picture.
Thank you for all your interesting articles.
Very kind regards,
Margrith Broger
Pre-Pyrenees, Catalonia

Every fall I use pantyhose to tie up the shrubs. Just cut off most of the panty part and use the connected legs to wrap around shrubs then tie the ends together. The panty hose keep the shrubs tight so the snow does not flattten the shrub or break the branches. Nude or black blend right in. Cut them off in the spring and no winter damage!

Many years ago, when all women wore pantyhose for work, or high shool, my grandfather had us save our worn out ones – clean and washed, he would cut off the elastic waist, and cut up the middle, removing the seam, if there was one.
He then used this as reinforcement when he make braided rugs.
Everyone n the family had at least one or two of these. My favorite was one made of old jeans and a red plaid flannel shirt. It was soft and springy, and very washable. I kept it in front of my kitchen sink- for years. I would pop it into the washer every so often, with jeans and other darks, and then lay it flat to dry, on the porch floor – a nice sunny spot that was just slats of wood.
I wish I still had one of these little rugs, Grandpa has been gone for 40 yerars!

When camping with children put a bar of soap in the foot of a nylon and tie it to the wash station for easy hand washing. For bug bites all over the body from camping I’ve made a big pot of soupy oatmeal with cinnamon and I drain the liquid into a barly warm bath and put the mushy oatmeal in the foot of a nylon and sit in it. The nylon is used to scrub up. This works on any itchy rash. Great for when u get poison. I also will use them for putting moth balls into to hang up or when I make dryer balls.

I have made small cat toys stuffed with poly filling and some cat nip. They will stick to the paws and make a fun game for the cat. I have also cut them up into small pieces to use for stuffing in stuffy toys. I believe that my mother used them to tie tomato plants to stakes to keep them from hanging on the ground.

Hi,
I sent you a comment per Google but don’t think you’ve received it.
I’d like to give you a tip about how to get a double use out of tights. When I buy them, I always get half a dozen of the same color. Once there’s a run in the leg, I cut it off at the beginning of the panty and save the panty and the “good” leg. When the same thing happens with another leg of a tight, I again cut off the “bad” leg. The next day I wear one panty with one “good” leg and over it another panty with another “good” leg. Although I’m wearing two panties, this cannot be seen. The only result is that two “perfect” legs are seen. Here you save 50% on your tights.
I always save the stockings or tight with runs for making rugs. After cutting off the tip of the foot and the band at the top of the hose, I sew them all together, mixing the colors. Afterwards I make a braid and then sew it together to make a round or oval rug. I’m making one at the moment. When it’s finished, I’ll send you the picture.
Thank you for all your interesting articles.
Very kind regards,
Margrith Broger
Pre-Pyrenees, Catalonia

Every fall I use pantyhose to tie up the shrubs. Just cut off most of the panty part and use the connected legs to wrap around shrubs then tie the ends together. The panty hose keep the shrubs tight so the snow does not flattten the shrub or break the branches. Nude or black blend right in. Cut them off in the spring and no winter damage!

Many years ago, when all women wore pantyhose for work, or high shool, my grandfather had us save our worn out ones – clean and washed, he would cut off the elastic waist, and cut up the middle, removing the seam, if there was one.
He then used this as reinforcement when he make braided rugs.
Everyone n the family had at least one or two of these. My favorite was one made of old jeans and a red plaid flannel shirt. It was soft and springy, and very washable. I kept it in front of my kitchen sink- for years. I would pop it into the washer every so often, with jeans and other darks, and then lay it flat to dry, on the porch floor – a nice sunny spot that was just slats of wood.
I wish I still had one of these little rugs, Grandpa has been gone for 40 yerars!

When camping with children put a bar of soap in the foot of a nylon and tie it to the wash station for easy hand washing. For bug bites all over the body from camping I’ve made a big pot of soupy oatmeal with cinnamon and I drain the liquid into a barly warm bath and put the mushy oatmeal in the foot of a nylon and sit in it. The nylon is used to scrub up. This works on any itchy rash. Great for when u get poison. I also will use them for putting moth balls into to hang up or when I make dryer balls.