“When the gates open you have to jump!
For now let the water slowly pump!
Just watch out for the wind and just bend!
Conversation of a sock and his friend!”
One of the greatest struggles in my life is finding the perfect second of a pair of socks! Apparently in some country they sell three socks in a set since they know that we will be losing one soon!
In the Middle Ages, trousers and stockings were a single item of clothing. Later, stockings were substituted for pants and stockings gradually emerged as a separate item of clothing! Stocking and shocking!
The worst things we used to suffer from when we were young (er!) was how these socks especially the ones of the school uniforms used to get loose only at the top and slowly fall down so much so that only a part was seen peeping out of the shoes!
We then used to put rubber on the sock and fold it and that used to solve the problem for the time being but then the rubber band either used to snap or cause deep cut on the leg which used to be painful!
The only reason why we never used to like to wear socks with sandals or chappals is that mostly all would have windows! The big toe and the second toe which are like naughty kids trying to peep out of the moving car or train window; they always get out of the sock and cause the hole! Of course the fact that they have big nails may be addendum! When you know that the socks have reached their known life time only then you can wear them and run! This is because you know that they would tear! No one can run with socks and not cause a hole! Unless you have those woolen thick ones which have another bigger problem! They stink!
The combination of an active kid with a thick sock can even make a hyposmia suffering patient faint! One of the chief reasons why we never dare remove our shoes in the class or a closed space!
For all the clean white socks we had, the soles would always be dirty! It may indicate your dirty soul by the way! But then everyone had it!
Presently I have an obsession with socks! At any given point in time of the day, you may not find me without one! Now of course you cannot wear them in the Operation theatre while operating but other times I like to sock up!
One small tear and I get a new pair! The house is over run with socks of all kind and texture!
That makes you think; how did the Naked ape sock up?!
Apparently the first pair of sock was grassy!
When Otzi the iceman was discovered frozen in a glacier on the Austria-Italy border in 1991, scientists had a rare chance to examine what life was like over 5,000 years ago!
That included the remnants of footwear, leading to the recreation of Otzi’s deer and bear skin boots, which were lined with grass.
The first actual knitwear found in Jutland dates back to 1500 BC. While the first actual socks were found in Egyptian tombs in Antinoe and date back to 500 AD!
Before industrialization, socks and stockings were knitted! For a long time, stockings were a privilege of the rich, as their manufacture was a secret and knitting was an occupation for noble ladies!
The Englishman William Lee invented the hand knitting loom, which made knitting easier. Queen Elizabeth I of England received black stockings as a gift in 1561, but refused to grant him a patent for this invention, so Lee moved to France in 1589 and set up a hosiery factory there, financed by King Henry V!
With industrialization, socks became easier and easier to produce and therefore cheaper. Accordingly, they became more and more widespread. Most socks back then were made of wool. In comparison, today you have a much wider choice of materials. From cashmere to merino and pima to mercerized cotton!
As they evolved, improved techniques for creating socks also eventually created a shift in view from socks being essential to socks being an ADORED accessory. Colorful and crazy socks softer than ever before became a killer trend.
While socks have borne many different names throughout history, it wasn’t until the 17th century that the name as we know it stuck. Derived from the Old English word socc (meaning “light slipper”) the socks were born anew!
“Stockings” have been a popular name for a big chunk of their history as well, and the term is still used today, but socks as the title does rock and how! Rocking and multifaceted and a good support also is birthday celebrity Sadashiv Dattaray Amrapurkar!
Now sock up to feel warm and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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