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Yes - how does this make the donning and doffing of
socks easier? |
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How about heat-shrink socks? They go on loose, then a blast from a hairdryer makes them snug. Perhaps the process of washing them could loosen them again. |
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I assumed this would be strips of hooky velcro that you just press onto your hairy hobbit feet. |
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//heat-shrink socks?// That is an excellent idea, but
better if the shrinkage were accomplished by body
heat alone. |
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[MaxwellBuchanan], I think the manufacturers are lying about sock sizes. There is a particular foot-size range that I normally buy, but my feet are near the upper end of that range and the socks feel too tight. As an experiment I bought a couple pairs of the next-larger size range, and they STILL seem too tight. That tight-ness translates as extra effort to put them on or take them off. It just seems logical that if one could zip up a sock like you could zip up a jacket, it would be easier to put on. But you can't actually use a zipper, because that would be even more uncomfortable than a too-tight sock. So, Velcro. |
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Hmm. I think part of your problem is in buying off-
the-peg socks. |
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If you don't want to buy bespoke sockage (and lords
know, good tailors are increasingly hard to retain),
you need to buy suitably stretchy socks. |
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Not many people have tailored socks, mostly because the seams rub a little I think. |
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