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Why a sock slides down after six months

Short answer: The elastic thread in the shaft loses tension with every wear and every wash. When it can no longer pul...

Short answer: A sock cuff needs just enough tension to hold the sock up and no more. The answer is a wide, soft rib w...

Short answer: Silver and zinc slow bacterial growth in laboratory tests. In socks they are used to try to delay odour...

Short answer: The instep is the highest point of the foot, and the shoe presses exactly there. If the leg of the sock...

Short answer: A tight sock presses the air out of the fabric and squeezes the blood vessels in the foot at the same t...

Short answer: The foot has many sweat glands and little fat padding. If the sock gets wet, heat is conducted straight...

Short answer: Water crawls by itself through narrow gaps. In a sock the gaps between the threads are so small that sw...

Short answer: The stretch in the sock makes the difference. A leg that can stretch by a third easily covers five step...

Short answer: A sock stretches by thirty to fifty percent. That is why one pair can cover several shoe sizes, and hal...

Short answer: The toe seam sits exactly where the shoe is narrowest and the foot bends. A few extra millimetres of fa...

Short answer: A sock leaves the machine as an open tube. The toe is closed either with a seam or by the machine linki...