Holes in your socks

JupiterKid

Do you have holes in your socks? If so, do you get these easily or after years of wear and tear?

I have just discovered holes in a pair of socks that I really love. I’m crushed. I can’t seem to have a pair of nice socks without getting holes in them after a few months. It’s a royal pain in every orifice. I’m constantly having to buy new socks and I can’t be arsed darning up the holes (does anyone even do that any more?).

Any tales of sock holes among you AHers? Just why do some people wear out socks so easily? Is it the shape of their feet, their toes or are socks just crap in terms of quality these days?

Any suggestions? Possible solutions??

frag420

Of course my socks have holes, it’s how I get my feet into them!

Your Face

JupiterKid wrote: »

Any suggestions? Possible solutions??

Stop.

Stheno

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do you have holes in your socks? If so, do you get these easily or after years of wear and tear?

I have just discovered holes in a pair of socks that I really love. I’m crushed. I can’t seem to have a pair of nice socks without them getting holes in them after a few months. It’s a royal pain in every orifice. I’m constantly having to buy new socks and I can’t be arsed darning up the holes (does anyone even do that any more?).

Any tales of sock holes among you AHers? Just why do some people wear out socks so easily? Is it the shape of their feet, their toes or are socks just crap in terms of quality these days?

Any suggestions? Possible solutions??

Cut your toenails.

Overgrown hooves are both unsightly and lethal for socks

gifted

Relax.....just under 6 months to xmas and you'll have your years supply replenished...lol lol

Clip your nails

JupiterKid

Stheno wrote: »

Cut your toenails.

Overgrown hooves are both unsightly and lethal for socks

Thanks but I keep my toenails trimmed and tidy so it’s not that.

FunLover18

JupiterKid wrote: »

Any suggestions? Possible solutions??

Buy bigger size socks?

I never get holes in my socks

I find it all depends on what brand of socks you buy. I bought socks in Kildare Village about 2 years ago and they are still as good as the day I bought them. Each pair is worn once every 12 days.

somefeen

I buy special reinforced socks

whiskeyman

Darn!

Stheno

JupiterKid wrote: »

Thanks but I keep my toenails trimmed and tidy so it’s not that.

I have bamboo socks that appear not to get holed

Edgware

My butler monitors wear and tear of socks and ensures even wear by systematic circulation of them.

branie2

None in mine

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Like a team of finely tuned professional footballers, I rotate my socks on a regular basis to maximise potential and limit wear.

is_that_so

whiskeyman wrote: »

Darn!

Too much effort and too cheap to replace!

gerrybbadd

I have several "Knock" socks.

They're very holey

FFred

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I have several "Knock" socks.

They're very holey

Jesus would approve. Heel be very happy.

railer201

If you want to bare your soul - wear a holy sock !

FFred

My wife complains when I wear socks during sex. Suppose she’s right, a condom would be better ... titter

Poor Uncle Tom

Deleted User wrote: »

I find it all depends on what brand of socks you buy. I bought socks in Kildare Village about 2 years ago and they are still as good as the day I bought them. Each pair is worn once every 12 days.

Yeah, the metal ones are probably best, hard enough to hole......:rolleyes:

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do you have holes in your socks? If so, do you get these easily or after years of wear and tear?

I have just discovered holes in a pair of socks that I really love. I’m crushed. I can’t seem to have a pair of nice socks without getting holes in them after a few months. It’s a royal pain in every orifice. I’m constantly having to buy new socks and I can’t be arsed darning up the holes (does anyone even do that any more?).

Any tales of sock holes among you AHers? Just why do some people wear out socks so easily? Is it the shape of their feet, their toes or are socks just crap in terms of quality these days?

Any suggestions? Possible solutions??

Darn it. What would you do if your bicycle or car had a puncture? You'd mend it.

This is why God invented mothers.

To mend your punctures while you darn your socks.

Junkyard Tom

JupiterKid wrote: »

I have just discovered holes in a pair of socks that I really love.

Are you one of those people, like myself, who has favourite things of the most mundane nature? Favourite mug, favourite spoon, favourite cereal bowl, favourite T-shirt, favourite socks.

Is that normal?

FFred

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Are you one of those people, like myself, who has favourite things of the most mundane nature? Favourite mug, favourite spoon, favourite cereal bowl, favourite T-shirt, favourite socks.

Is that normal?

Favourite humming noise?

Stheno

FFred wrote: »

Favourite humming noise?

Mongolian throat chanting

seamusk84

Learn to sew or get someone to sew the holes for you. A tailor shop would do it too if you really want to keep the socks.

Beasty

The dogs love my socks. I have to give them the matching one when they chew a hole in one. Saves breaking in a new pair

Graces7

seamusk84 wrote: »

Learn to sew or get someone to sew the holes for you. A tailor shop would do it too if you really want to keep the socks.

Better still, learn to knit. When it was colder lately I could not find two socks so I knitted a new pair,..

Oh and darning is a specialist skill

Yer Da sells Avon

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Like a team of finely tuned professional footballers, I rotate my socks on a regular basis to maximise potential and limit wear.

There's a lot to be said for a good sock rotation system.

BeerWolf

I walk a lot during work... changing pairs of socks each day, a pair would last me a month before the heel wears thin and breaks into a hole trying to put them on.

I keep sock businesses afloat!!

I got a pack of six socks in Next about five years ago, holes just starting to appear in the heels of late, pity i really loved them, i went back in to

see if i could purchase them again but alas no luck.

from_atozinc

Stheno wrote: »

Cut your toenails.

Overgrown hooves are both unsightly and lethal for socks

Major update: My holes always appear in the heels. What can I do here. Shave dead skin from my heels? Get the fish to eat dead skin maybe?

sbsquarepants

JupiterKid wrote: »

Thanks but I keep my toenails trimmed and tidy so it’s not that.

Ah, but freshly cut toe nails have quite the sharp edge to them. I give them a quick rub of a file to take the edge off - sock holes are the very bane of my existence.

No measure is too outlandish if it prevents holes, also (goes with out saying, but...) at the very first sign of one appearing the sock and it's opposite number must be destroyed by fire to prevent contagion spreading to the rest of the sock herd.

All joking aside, I have not worn a sock a second time in about 3 years. Once I found out how cheap they were in pennys I just buy a new pack every week.

I love the feel of the new sock on foot, so give the old ones to charity. I have a big bag in my room of them and just wash and donate once a month or so.

Greyfox

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Like a team of finely tuned professional footballers, I rotate my socks on a regular basis to maximise potential and limit wear.

That's just sooo much effort. I wear mine for 3/4 days at a time so that way I know they need to be washed. the holey socks is definitely down to not cutting your toenails often enough

mad muffin

I have hokey socks blessed by the pope himself.

laoisgem

Greyfox wrote: »

That's just sooo much effort. I wear mine for 3/4 days at a time so that way I know they need to be washed. the holey socks is definitely down to not cutting your toenails often enough

3/4 days at a time?

:eek:

gozunda

A sock with a hole is worth more than no sock at all ...

Autecher

Greyfox wrote: »

That's just sooo much effort. I wear mine for 3/4 days at a time so that way I know they need to be washed. the holey socks is definitely down to not cutting your toenails often enough

from_atozinc

from_atozinc wrote: »

Major update: My holes always appear in the heels. What can I do here. Shave dead skin from my heels? Get the fish to eat dead skin maybe?

Wash them less. Nothing holds socks together like a good crust.

More realistically tough I find heel holes develop less if you don the sock with a roll rather than with a pull.

gozunda wrote: »

A sock with a hole is worth more than no sock at all ...

Not when running I find Nothing brings up a god awful blister worse than a sock with a hole. Running entirely without a sock never seems to cause that.

jester77

Deleted User wrote: »

I got a pack of six socks in Next about five years ago, holes just starting to appear in the heels of late, pity i really loved them, i went back in to

see if i could purchase them again but alas no luck.

You should try and exchange them