 40s Vintage Sock Patterns |
 50's Vintage Sock Patterns |
Just yesterday I listed some knitting books with vintage sock patterns from the 40s and 50s. It seems to me that after that point, store-bought socks became the norm. Then tube socks entered the picture and took over. Store-bought socks are cheap and fit most everybody, so why would knitting socks come back into vogue?
So, I got on google with the question “why knit socks”. And I got some interesting answers that I’d like to share here:
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from knitty.com
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Fast results
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Highly portable
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Great for beginners
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A useful result
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Inexpensive. A couple of $5 balls of good-quality sock yarn are all you need.
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Easy to fit anyone.
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Infinitely variable to support all your creative urges.
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Good project for traveling, TV watching, and condo board meetings. Once you get familiar with the basic template, you can knit socks practically on autopilot.
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from tessknits.com
“…the other night, Don came home from work and plopped down in the other chair in the office, while I was sitting at the computer. He had the Colinette socks on. Out of nowhere, he announced that these were his very favorite socks and they fit perfectly and they feel great and he loves them.Ah, yes, THAT’s why I knit socks.”
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from Yahoo Answers
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They fit. Why bother to purchase cheap socks or expensive socks that *don’t* fit? If you want something unique, make it yourself or “commission” it from a reliable person. Fit is critical for diabetics and for folk with uncommon feet (extra long and narrow, extra short and wide, small feet and long legs to be fitted with 1/2-socks).
Commercial socks may fit most, but they don’t fit *all*, either by shape and/or decorative design. - Besides fit, comfort, value answers you’ve gotten, there is also the fact that a sock is a simple carry along project, too. I always have at least one pair of socks on the needles, that I can toss into my purse or tote bag whenever I’m doing errands or just need an “inbetween” project. I’ve fallen in love with hand knit socks to wear; so has my husband. And my son and daughter in law want to know when they are getting their “drawer full”.
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