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.
These socks are for sure !buyitforlife@slrpnk.net material
Iirc the knitting on display here is very complex and reveals a lot about their abilities
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.
Dang those are some pretty cool socks
My cat would like a word. We call her "the Sock Destroyer."
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.
You need a garter
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
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12 cent, that is a bargain.
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