12 cent, that is a bargain.
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12 count? I only see 5.
Plus $30 shipping from Egypt.
Is that with or without the tariff?
Those photos were taken right after the tariff was removed from the socks.
Did you see the holes?
Iirc the knitting on display here is very complex and reveals a lot about their abilities
It would be cool if someone drew up patterns for knitting these.
It looks very Scandinavian. You could probably adapt a pattern to look like these. My mom made Viking socks once and they were pretty uncomfortable.
You probably displeased Odin in some way.
ravelry[dot]com has lots of patterns (free and for sale) which match these. Judging by the age on some of those patterns on that site, this image has made the rounds for years.
i see they too have a bored destructive dog
My cat would like a word. We call her "the Sock Destroyer."
Dang those are some pretty cool socks
They look like the kind of socks that always slide down on the ankles.
You need a garter
Anyone else surprised they had this level of luxury, unnecessary design, and contemplating our quality of life in relation to our scale of economy and scientific invention?
Or were these king socks?
I imagine when you're knitting socks by hand- (or with whatever medieval sock loom may have been available?) it's going to take you almost as long to just make a plain white one. But after the first about two of those you get really bored. Even more so if you were making a full floor size rug. So maybe the motivation for the 'unnecessary design' on everything back then was less about the customer's vanity than the artisan's sanity.
Yes but I think socks were inherently a luxury item. I believe most people used footwraps if anything at all.
So I guess socks have always just kinda sucked. Mine also look like that after a year or so of use.
Same. Though, I actually appreciate that they could last a year. They go through many thousands of steps, friction, salty sweat, wash cycles, and are made to comfortably fit many shapes and sizes of feet.
I'm sure they could last longer if made from stronger materials, but probably at the cost of comfort and fit.
🤔 This is probably the most I've ever thought about socks
And I thought my socks have a lot of holes
Talk about buy-it-for-life!