Sock yarn usually has a small amount of Nylon in it for greater resistance to wear - usually 10 or 20 percent.

You should get far more use from hose knitted with a yarn intended for socks - though if you did use an all wool yarn but wear well fitting light shoes then they should last some time.

Worsted is rather a heavy yarn for socks - to my way of thinking - I usually make hose from yarn half that thickness or less, English 4 ply or finer. None of my shoes would fit otherwise.

I do have some thicker hose, to wear with boots, but even then I think they are not as thick as worsted weight. I wear thin cotton socks under the wool ones when hiking.

Finer yarn would also be cooler.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: