Uses for Old Ties

New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 202, 7 May 1943, Page 11

Uses for Old Ties

Dear Aunt Daisy, One of our Daisy Chain asked for suggestions for using up old ties. When one considers the thousands of ties which are discarded when the knot becomes shabby, it is clear that very large quantities of pretty silky material are usually wasted, and it is time we formed the habit of either using this ourselves or gathering it together and giving it to) those who will. I have made up the wide ends into pincushions for little Christmas gifts, and the narrow ends do well for handles of bags (shopping or laundry), made from sacking. Turn the ties inside out to get the best colours. Quite nice sewing bags can be made by stitching ties together, about six or seven for each side, or you can use ties on one side and plain material on the other. Cushion covers can be made the same way-the wide ends go out to the edges, and the narrow parts form the centre, in the.manner of a spider web. Have any of the Daisy Chain saved the tops of boys’ socks for kettle holders? I do, and I also cut off from the ankle and unravel the good part of the sock whenever I want black mend-ing-wool, These, of course, are socks bought in shops; it is better to re-foot the home-made ones,--C. of Lower Hutt. B.H.U., Papatoetoe, writes: "I like my dress-hangers covered, and I find the good ends of an old tie make a very good cover indeed-and not much work attached to the covering, either." Matamata. says: "A friend of mine made a beautiful dressing gown with tie-ends. They were joined together and based on a lining."