Hi,do you means as in socks?? You braided socks?? That would be a great way to use all my missmatched and lost socks but i noticed when the kids did a school project of planting inside a sock to grow a head of leeks,grass,and salads,that the cotton socks worked the least,nylons did best,they tied them off and then used shell buttons for face,wonder if that means nylons would be a better wicking to for buckets?? There seemed to be more holes in the socks then the nylons