Kilt hose observations

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There are times when I like cheap, thin hose. When it's 90 degrees out, they're much, much cooler.

This comes down (in part) to personal preference. Some folks can't seem to stand anything on their calves when it's hot. I mind it less than some of my cousins. I also grew up in South Carolina.

I will state flatly that wool is good in summer for all of the same reasons that wool is good in the winter. It insulates wonderfully. It breathes, and it wicks extremely well. It has "loft" and does not compress under/around the feet.

In real hot weather, my feet will be most comfortable in fairly substantial wool socks. High quality synthetics can be good, but not too thin, please! or you'll give up some of their benefits. And speak to me not of cotton (yuck) socks, which hardly wick; but just get soggy and compressed.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled preconceptions about wool.