A photo I took would never really do justice to the love, time, and craft that went into these, but I've included one anyway. I selected a few colourful examples as I probably have a hundred pairs but most of them are single colours. Many different patterns and wool blends and different degrees of wear.
Going back to when I was a teenager my gramma would knit me socks every year for Christmas. She was a knitting machine and I would get a few pairs as would my pops. I wear them a lot, especially in the winter for riding, hiking, around the house - life, and they generally last a freakin' long time although I've certainly worn out a few pairs over all these years. My gramma passed many years ago now and after that, my mom started knitting me a couple of pairs of socks a year - I guess we could call it keeping the tradition alive. So I have a mix of socks from ones I received last week to some examples that are probably thirty years old.
My dad never really wore his but he kept them all for the obvious reasons - I mean, I think there's a little bit of someone's soul in everything they knit right? So when he passed I inherited all his socks too. Actually, I think hand-knit socks are the one thing anyone could accuse me of collecting. Maybe that and bike tools. I live pretty lite otherwise.
Anyway, thanks for asking!
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Dec. 27, 2021, 9:22 a.m. - Andrew Major
A photo I took would never really do justice to the love, time, and craft that went into these, but I've included one anyway. I selected a few colourful examples as I probably have a hundred pairs but most of them are single colours. Many different patterns and wool blends and different degrees of wear. Going back to when I was a teenager my gramma would knit me socks every year for Christmas. She was a knitting machine and I would get a few pairs as would my pops. I wear them a lot, especially in the winter for riding, hiking, around the house - life, and they generally last a freakin' long time although I've certainly worn out a few pairs over all these years. My gramma passed many years ago now and after that, my mom started knitting me a couple of pairs of socks a year - I guess we could call it keeping the tradition alive. So I have a mix of socks from ones I received last week to some examples that are probably thirty years old. My dad never really wore his but he kept them all for the obvious reasons - I mean, I think there's a little bit of someone's soul in everything they knit right? So when he passed I inherited all his socks too. Actually, I think hand-knit socks are the one thing anyone could accuse me of collecting. Maybe that and bike tools. I live pretty lite otherwise. Anyway, thanks for asking! ![](http://nsmb.com/images/xkZJV8CxXmKsuCzeZtFxqmY88aU=/52582/original/)