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Dress socks are not just pieces of clothing that never get seen. Most people sit at some point during the day, if not for most of the day. During this time, socks are highly visible. If you have the right ones, they will go unnoticed, but if you have the wrong ones, it is glaringly obvious. This article will teach you how to buy dress socks so that you fit into your crowd. more »
Not mere window dressing, socks are critical to getting a foot up on comfort and warmth and keeping your best foot forward. more »
Barbie has a date with Ken and needs a sleek black dress in a hurry. Make her a quick and easy outfit with three scissor snips on a man's dress sock. The ideal sock? One with a hole in the toe or missing its mate. more »
Sock buying used to be simpler, with limited colors and fabric selections available to the consumer. Today, the sock market includes not only casual and dress socks, but a range of technical socks created for many different sporting uses. more »
There are a few different ways to fold dress socks and just as many opinions as to which way is proper. Whether you choose to fold the tops over one another, connect them or fold them into thirds to stand in tidy rows, folding your socks makes it easy to find what you're looking for in the morning. more »
In an office, it's the innocent cousin of toilet paper on the shoe: Static cling. Men's dress pants ride up their thin dress socks, resting there as though they're attached by string to the buttocks. Women's slacks and pantyhose tend to do the same thing. And on occasions where women where a slip with a dress, there's that awkward, way-more-slip-showing-than-dress thing. All of these can be prevented. It only requires is a little vinegar, a dryer sheet and a piece of metal. Read on to learn more. more »
Have you wasted countless minutes look for missing socks? Do you often hand your children similar socks, and hope that no one notices they do not match? From dress socks to tube socks, you may not truly realize how many pairs of socks you actually own. Through washings, folding, and putting your socks away many may be missing, or simply shoved away in a drawer. Have you given up on finding some matches, and simply purchased new socks ? If you are tired of fumbling through your drawers in the mornings looking for your favorite pair of trouser socks, or athletic socks here are some tips to help you organize your socks. more »
Construction of commercial and handmade cotton socks is essentially the same basic process. The yarn is selected according to the use of the socks. Fine cotton is used in dress socks, and rough-hewn, rawer cotton is selected for sport socks. Socks are knitted on circular needles. The circular cylinders of commercial knitters are programmed to make patterns, using various yarns, in a rapid flurry of yarn that is fed onto the hundreds of individual needles in machines. Home knitters select needles to match the various parts of the sock. The needle used at the calf section is usually larger than the one used at the heel, toe and top of the sock. While machines knit a sock every few minutes, hand knitting may take days to make an elaborately decorated sock. more »
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