Making bouquets of socks

Before various holidays, people constantly think about what is best to give to a loved one, friends, relatives. After all, everyone always wants a gift to be original and unusual, and it is also desirable that it be useful and interesting. Such a gift can be a bouquet made from a very unexpected material - from the most ordinary socks. Such a bouquet can act not only as an independent gift, but also as an addition to a previously chosen present.

As a rule, a bouquet of socks is presented to men. It so happened that most often this happens during the celebration of February 23rd. After all, it is known that many people quite often like to joke about the fact that it is for this holiday that men receive banal socks as a gift. But even such a gift as the most ordinary socks can be made beautiful and very unusual. To do this, you just need to make a bouquet of socks. And you can present such a bouquet not only on February 23, but also on any other holiday date, for example, on a birthday.

But you shouldn't think that a bouquet of socks is an exclusively masculine gift. Such a present can be made to a woman for any occasion: birthday, New Year, March 8. And also a similar gift is suitable for a child.

To create a bouquet of socks, it is worth preparing everything that may be required in advance.

• Socks. The number of pairs depends on how lush the final result should be. Usually 5 to 10 pairs are used, but this is not necessary.There may be more or less pairs of socks used. When buying socks, preference should be given to exclusively high-quality products. Still, one should not forget that this is a gift.
• Wooden skewers for barbecue. Sushi sticks can be used. They will be required as stems for made sock flowers.
• Thin money bands or flower pinsotherwise they will quickly lose their shape.
• Colorful wrapping paper, organza or other material for packaging the finished bouquet.
• Bright ribbons of various thicknessesto tie the composition.
• Scotch tape to hold the bouquet together.
• Scissors.
• Additional decoration for decoration: beads, decorative leaves or twigs, small or large artificial flowers, and more.

Immediately before drawing up a composition, you need to learn how to fold a flower from socks with your own hands. Because it is the nasal flowers that are the basis of this composition. There are several different ways, but they are all quite similar to each other. The basis for creating such a rose is the twisting process.

The main workshop on rolling a rose out of a sock includes several simple steps.

• First of all, you need to remove the tag from the textile product and separate the socks.
• Next, the sock needs to be spread out on a flat surface.
• The rose must be rolled up from the top of the sock.
• It is required to bend the free edge in parallel and begin to gently curl the sock.
• When the twist reaches the heel, the nose of the product needs to be turned 180 degrees.
• Then you need to continue the twisting process to the end of the sock.
• When the bud is ready, it needs to be secured with a safety pin or rubber band to keep its shape.
• After that, a wooden skewer is inserted into the finished flower.

Another option for rolling a flower out of socks involves winding the product directly onto a skewer or sushi stick. This requires starting the folding process with an elastic band. Thanks to this, the finished flower will look more neat. When the entire sock is wrapped around a wooden skewer, the product must be secured with a pin or elastic band. The most common threads can also be used for this purpose.

Another way to create a sock rosette involves laying a wooden skewer near the toes. This is followed by winding the product on a skewer, while it is necessary to periodically tuck the edge with your finger, forming petals.

Some people have a bias towards the fact that an even number of flowers will be located in a bouquet, despite the fact that this is not a real bouquet, but just an imitation of it. In this case, to make the number of roses odd, you can use one of the following methods.

• Combine several varieties of this wardrobe item in a bouquet. For example, use thinner and thicker socks for a gift. At the same time, flowers are created from two products of different types at once. The middle can be formed from a denser material, and the thin toe will act as the outer petals. Or, on the contrary, a thin center with dense petals.
• You can create one flower at once from a pair of socks. Such a flower will turn out to be quite voluminous, and at the same time only one of the two objects will be formed. So you can give an odd number of pairs of socks, which will make up a bouquet.
• Some people simply add the required amount of artificial flowers from foamiran or other artificial material to the bouquet.so that their total number in the composition is odd.

Despite the fact that socks are considered to be one of the most commonplace gifts, even socks can be given in such a way as to make a very vivid impression. Because the original packaging will allow even this most ordinary wardrobe item to be presented in the form of a unique composition.

The classic bouquet for men is a combination of socks and various decorative elements.

• Gift preparation begins with making flowers. For this purpose, products of one or several colors can be used. Most often, a man's bouquet is made up of white, black or gray wardrobe items. You can also use blue or blue shades.
• After twisting the required number of flowers, you need to collect the entire bouquet step by step. To do this, all the prepared flowers must be stapled together. It is convenient to do this with scotch tape. But you can also use rubber bands or a small piece of string.
• The next step is to add decorative elements. Leaves can be inserted between sock roses, which can be cut from paper or purchased from specialized creative stores. You can also add decorative twigs or artificial flowers to the composition. Another option is to insert banknotes. They can be either real or purchased at a joke store.
• The last stage in the formation of the composition is to wrap the assembled bouquet with wrapping paper. You can also use crinkled paper, organza or tulle. In this case, there can be one layer of paper, but to make it more pomp and attractive, it is recommended to use two or even three layers of paper of different shades.

A bouquet of socks can have a different look, which differs from the classic bouquet. To compose such a composition, it is necessary to prepare a basket of a suitable size in advance. It can be a regular wicker basket or a structure made of cardboard.

To create such a composition, you need to lay a piece of foam at the bottom of the selected basket and glue it to the bottom. It is best to pre-wrap it with crumpled paper to hide its unattractive appearance. It is necessary to adjust the length of the skewers so that the flowers are slightly higher than the sides of the basket. If the skewers are too long, you need to shorten them and sharpen the base. After that, the finished flowers must be evenly stuck into the prepared base. Fake greenery and other additional decorations can be added to fill in empty spaces and add more opulence. Directly on the basket itself, you can tie a large bow made of one or more ribbons.

If you want to make a gift more diverse, then you can form a bouquet not only from socks, but add another wardrobe item. In this case, we are talking about cowards. Just giving a loved one panties seems too simple and banal. But if you arrange them in a beautiful composition, then the impression of such a gift will be completely different - much more positive.

The principle of creating a bouquet with panties is practically no different from a sock composition. Initially, it is necessary to form flowers from the panties. To do this, a man's wardrobe item needs to be folded in half and rolled into a neat roll. The edges can be folded back a little in order to make them look more like rose petals.

The quantitative combination of socks and panties can be absolutely anything. Their number can be equal, or panties can only act as an addition to a bouquet of socks.It is more important to correctly select all the elements according to their color scheme so that they are well combined with each other and complement each other. When creating such a bouquet, you should not use only one color, because such a composition looks rather boring. Therefore, it is better to give preference to two colors. These can be shades of the same color, for example, blue and dark blue, or contrasting ones - white and black. Such bouquets look the most interesting and attractive.

There is another way how you can diversify such a gift - is to add alcoholic drinks to it. Of course, you first need to find out what kind of drink a man prefers, and whether he drinks alcohol, in general.

When preparing this type of bouquet, it is very important not to forget that the bottle with an alcoholic drink has sufficient weight. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the correct packaging. Otherwise, the bottle may fall and break during transportation.

It is convenient for these purposes to use a basket, on the bottom of which foam or similar material is laid. A bottle of alcohol is placed in the middle of the basket. Around it are placed sock roses on skewers, stuck in a foam layer. Empty spaces need to be filled with decorative elements: leaves, branches, artificial flowers.

To make a bouquet of socks for a woman, you should give preference to bright and colorful wardrobe items. White, pink, red, lilac shades look good. The same colors should be adhered to when choosing decorative elements intended for decoration.

To collect a bouquet step by step, you need to follow a series of steps:

• prepare the required number of sock flowers;
• connect all flowers together;
• add decorative elements;
• wrap the finished bouquet with paper;
• tie with a ribbon with a bow.

When decorating a sock bouquet for a woman, you can use beads. To do this, they are fixed on a skewer and placed in the middle of the flower. Beads can be of the same color or multi-colored. Pearl beads also look great in women's sock bouquets.

Since many girls have a sweet tooth and love candy, it is a good idea to complement the bouquet with sweets. To do this, put chocolates or "Rafaello" on wooden skewers or sushi sticks and add them to the bouquet between flowers. Or you can simply insert one or more chocolate bars. Then the gift will be not only very practical, but also delicious. It is important that all sweets are wrapped, otherwise there is a risk that the socks may get dirty.

If a woman drinks alcoholic beverages, then a bottle of good wine or champagne can be added to the bouquet.

Another way to make the bouquet more original is to add fruit to it. For this purpose, you can use oranges, tangerines, apples.

This gift is convenient because it is suitable for people of any age. When preparing it, it must be remembered that it is worth giving it only to those people who have a sufficient sense of humor to properly evaluate it. Otherwise, the effect of the gift may be unexpected.

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