Found some socks...

[auld argonian]

...okay, I bought three more of these online this morning and realized that I should share this.

Bridgedale Blaxnit over the knee socks at Sierra Trading Post: $4.95 US a copy with a $6.00 shipping charge. Of particular interest to me were the Olive and Olive Heather colors...the Olive is almost a charcoal and really doesn't (to my eye) have very much green in it and the Olive Heather is a middle-grey which, again, seems more neutral than green. They have a cinnamon red and a yellow available as of this writing and an "ecru" available under another heading. Go to their website and search by brand name for Bridgedale.

Not to plug a business unnecessarily...I hope that my relaying this info doesn't violate any of Xmarks covenants, but they're decently heavy socks and the price is what you'd pay for soccer socks at the sporting goods shop.

best

auld argonian

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Auld_Argonian,

Do you have any of these yet? How thick/warm are they? They look like they might be good for winter or cooler weather, but not sure about summer time usage. Probably going to get some anyway. The only other ones I have found were at Carson Pirie Scott which are just extra long dress socks, but only in black. At least they are a wool blend.

And for anybody who wants to see these, here are the links:

Teal, Black, Charcoal, and Navy

Cinammon, dark olive, gold, olive heather

[jfellrath]

Here's a link to these socks.

[Riverkilt]

Aye Chicago,

Doesn't violate any rules of the board to share great sources of goodies. That's the beauty of the board. We share finds exactly like this.

Thank you!

Off to shop.

Ron

[Riverkilt]

See that them sox are seconds. That means they weren't good enough to sell in stores...each has some kind of defect in them that would cause a normal consumer to pass on them. Kind of a crap shoot then.

Since they're made in South Africa they might be English sizes rather than US sizes...shouldn't make too much difference.

Does look like a great deal other than the seconds part...that gives me cause for pause.

Ron

[auld argonian]

I actually already have three pair of them from a previous order...and they are very thick in the foot and rib-knit in the calf up to a top which is about 6 or 7 inches long and flat knit. I wear a US men's 9 shoe, got the large size and they fit well. As to whatever makes them seconds...can't really notice anything myself.
I was going crackers looking for kilt hose and finding the color choices limited and most of the suppliers in the UK...the dark olive ones are a little bit longer than the olive heather and I can fold the dark olive over twice while the olive heather only once.

KiltedCodeWarrior: same ones that I had on at Celtic Fest.

best

auld argonian

[auld argonian]

KiltedCodeWarrior...I didn't even see the Teal, Navy, Charcoal ones...and I've found that wool socks are easier to wear in the summer than one would think...the wicking action of the wool keeps the feet cooler than, for example, cotton.

best again

aa

[jjoseph]

Teal, Black, Charcoal, and Navy

Cinammon, dark olive, gold, olive heather

Coolies! Another place to spend my dough!.... looks like good bang for the buck and thin enough to wear here! Sweet.

[dwg]

Good morning to all, I see you are looking for socks I use this site

http://www.wbrewin.co.uk/index.html?...arget=d12.html

have a look as for price it will take some beating
Derek (dwg69)

“The opportunity of a life time, must be taken in the life time of that opportunity”

[Eujeankilt]

Good morning to all, I see you are looking for socks I use this site

http://www.wbrewin.co.uk/index.html?...arget=d12.html

have a look as for price it will take some beating
Derek (dwg69)

Hmmmmm. The model in that ad looks vaguely familiar, almost Norse! Anyone else recognize the kilted gent?

Dale