I used to mend my socks 5-6 times before I used them as rags. But I was told it looked unprofessional. I wear clogs so my amateurish patch job was available for everyone to see.
I never wear clogs and I only ever wear good quality wool blend "Holeproof" socks which last a very long time. After 3 or 4 years I find they start becoming uncomfortable so I use them to polish my boots with. I would say it's the clogs that look unprofessional and I have no idea how anyone canwear them. Sorry not flaming just I really hate them although I know a lot of people disagree with me. I think a real shoe is an office minimum and trust me here, I'm no stickler for corperate dress but real shoes look more professional than slip-ons, the office isn't your bedroom or lounge. Oh and in real shoes your socks wont wear out as fast.
I mend socks that are mendable. The socks I wear seem to get threadbare long before they get holes though, so they're basically useless as socks at that point. I guess I could patch them, or make a single Frankenstein sock out of 2 bad ones... just cut both in half, and use the ankle ends since they're always less beat up. Anyway, if you do it with a little creativity then there doesn't have to be anything unprofessional about it. Conservation and thrift should be qualities that employers hold high!
I never mend socks. I wear the holey ones to bed in the winter. Matter of fact I double or triple them up to keep my feet warm. With slippers on, the holes don't bother me unless they're ill positioned around my toe(s).
When you work a 13 hour shift and are on your feet all day, you really have to wear something that's not only comfortable, but something that doesn't stink to high hell after taking them off. As for the clogs that I wear, they aren't the plasticky ones that you'll see medical professionals wear in the hospital. You know, the ones that they don't care if they get blood or other bodily fluids on them. No, the ones I have(present from wifey who has 100x's more style and taste than myself) are like nice shoes(Timberland), just no back. And they are COMFORTABLE. After 3 years of wearing them, I still get comments from patients who not only say they look cool, but that they look comfortable. Prior to these clogs/shoes I had never gotten 1 compliment on any of my shoes for the first 34 years of my life; but I've gotten dozens the last three years? Go figure.
Never. I wasn't aware that anyone mended socks anymore. The cheap ones I wear fail so completely that there is nothing left to mend when they get to that state; they look like spats, with only a mesh bottom. Tom
That's how mine end up. The material is so I think the only way you could fix em is to wear two of em.
Clogs provide a lot of support and therefore are good for people, like Burritos, who are on their feet many hours a day. For this reason, they are very popular with chefs, restaurant kitchen workers, and hospital workers. They're even somewhat hip these days. See this recent article from the Fashion & Style section of the New York Times, about custom made Clogmaster clogs: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/fashion/15CLOGS.html
I hardly ever wear socks. Don't know if it counts but I will use a bandaid if I have a hole in my skin.
Does it count if the dog gets a hold of one and tears it to shreds? I didn't mend that one. To honestly answer the question, I don't mend my socks. I usually switch them over to rags before they get holes in them. If they do get a hole in them, and the hole is near the foot part (i.e., not above the ankle), they become a rag instantly. My socks typically become uncomfortable before the holes start. Is that a sign a of good sock because they don't get holes, or a bad sock because they become uncomfortable?
I just wear them into the ground and pitch 'em. Otherwise they just become clutter. We have plenty of other sources of rags so they're really surplus to requirements by the time they're worn out. I do mend clothes if they need it (my one civilian transferable skill that the army gave me ). Of course, the value of a good pair of sweats is a bit higher than a bag of new socks.
Mend socks? If only My socks seem to suffer one of two fates; either one mysteriously vanishes, leaving the lonely mate stranded in the lost sock bag or the heels wear out, leaving nothing to mend. Frankly I wouldn't be inclined to mend a sock anyway, but the opportunity has never arisen When the lost sock bag becomes too large, I move them to the rag bag, usually with some wonder as to how I could have lost so many socks. If there was another, parallel dimension I have to wonder if socks mysteriously appear?
Yeah, but if the holes are big enough, you're gonna have to learn to sew eventually. I'm sure it's less painful to practise on socks.
Once upon a time, I knew how to darn socks... Now, when I get a hole, I say "Darn sock!" and throw it away. Seriously, I'm married to a man with a sock fetish. When we win the Lottery, there will be a fund established so that my DH will never wear a pair of socks twice... he adores new socks! (all once-worn socks will be laundered and donated to a homeless shelter or something like that... none will be thrown away) It is nice to always have the perfect gift for him for any occasion... new socks! he really loves them.
Now that I think about it, I haven't mended socks since I was a kid (my family was poor --- we mended holes, used Magic Markers to color frayed or threadbare cuffs, etc.). Since those days, whenever I get holes in socks, I either throw them out, or just wear them with the holes in them because the holes are usually not visible outside my shoes (though this could lead to embarrassment).
My Mom or one of her sisters used to mend my clothing, I now generally turn old socks into rags. With the new house having an attached, insulated, and heated garage, my tinkering urge will take over and I will quickly go through the old socks and clothing
