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  Canada Blue Sox

 
$15.00


product code: AS2


  

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Canada Sox

Same same as the Canada Oatmeal Sox except for the Blue color.

Up north in that little hole-in-the-wall called Canada lives a sock-and-wool manufacturer of local note who makes wonderfully out-of-step socks the way everybody made socks in the fifties and sixties, before new machines allowed more knitting options. These socks have been unchanged for decades, and if you like socks but don’t insist on technical features such as different materials in different parts of the sock, and different knitting over the instep than at the heel and toe, then you will find these socks to be totally, satisfactorily up to snuff.

I/Grant happen to love socks. I wear them with sandals and don’t care who cares about that. I’m not ashamed of my feet (they’re beautiful feet, actually), but I believe I’m on at least my 160,000th consecutive day of sock-wearing…and these are my current favorites.

These are sock sizes, not shoe sizes, shown below.

If you wear a smaller shoe (6-8.5 US men's), get the Medium.

If you wear from a 9-12 size shoe,  get the Large sock.

 If you are a woman, and wear anything up to a size 7.5 (in women's sizes), get the small.
Up from there? Go Medium.

Small       7-9
Medium  10-12
Large      13-15


They’re not “snappy” tight and don’t mash down ankle hairs or leave marks. We used to get all-wool socks from this sockeur, but the heels wore out too fast. These are 70 wool, 30 nylon, and are billed as their longest-wearing socks. The bar, in that category, is not all that hight, but with 30 percent nylon, should be fine. I’ve been wearing mine about three weeks, four days a week and through many washings, and…no problem.

Blue is an unusual color for socks, and this is an especially nice blue. It’s homage to Paul Bunyan’s Babe.
They go well over the ankle, but are shorter than “crew” length. The price is super cheap, and you’ll get your moneysworth out of them.

If you’re between sizes, buy UP. Wash normal, and whenever it occurs to you, drape them over the laundry basket rather than tossing them in the dryer. You can do that, too, but it’s good to give all wool things a break from the dryer. We understand that they’ll end up getting dried 30 times over the next year, but just don’t make it 60.


note from the sox maker head honcho:

WASH DELICATE CYCLE.  You MUST tell your customers that the socks CANNOT be dryed in a tumble dryer – neither can wool sweaters, mitts, gloves, hats.


Average Customer Review: 5 of 5 | Total Reviews: 1   Write a review.

  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
Darn Nice Sox February 24, 2012
Reviewer: Andy from Nashville, Tn  
My Canada Blue Sox arrived in the mail today and I have been wearing them for a few hours now. Very comfy. They are not a form fitting, snappy sock - which is fine with me - I like the fit. And the wool is very comfortable - soft and not itchy. And I really love that color. Now I want more blue sox. My only minor complaint is that the seam across the toes is a little stiff and just a tad uncomfortable; however, I'm sure that it will soften up as I wear and wash them.
I'm also sporting the EA button on my cycling cap - glad I took advantage of that early bird special, but now I wish I had bought more pairs at that introductory price.

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