Niqkita's Sock Journal

I used to do fun roll overs here quite often, then when I switched to using journal tools I never bothered to find new ways to do it. It’s great for when I have more than one image I really like & can’t choose just one. That’s what led to this ani-gif. Plus I had a request for sock videos this week, it has crossed my mind before, but I don’t plan to do them anytime soon so here is a fun compromise.
You can see how these are a bit lighter in that one part to the right. They also have lines up the sides, it’s the one disappointment I’ve had with these. It’s barely noticeable on the plaids & bricks, but more so on the cammies and even more on these. I had some tiger stripes like these from Music Legs last year & they were the same way. Foot Traffic has alot of neat animal prints including reptile skins but I don’t want pale stripes down the sides~:(

I wore these again today with taller boots leaving just a few inches of camouflage showing at the tops. These are my favorites from this week’s new knee highs. I can get all of these in tights too when we’re ready. Tomorrow I’ll be showing what I don’t like about this line…

Thick as a brick…
well, nearly. These are called a trouser sock by the supplier, I think we’ll just call them knee highs, at least for now. They are very much like the plaid knee highs, very thick nylon that isn’t likely to run, they stay up perfectly & they come in loads of patterns so I just chose a few to start (I’ll show off the other two over the weekend). I may as well tell you the truth, we took the pictures yesterday, the dress in the shot below is a dead give away. I’m actually wearing my grey 36″ longsocks today. Funny thing about the grey ones, they are shorter, no idea why, maybe mine shrunk a bit too, but they still stay up beautifully over my knees with their little tops folded over just once. They are so great for comfy lazy days!

As promised, plaid thigh highs!
Just like the plaid knee highs, they reached the tops of my thighs and stayed all day through lots of walking & ladder climbing. I took along my elastic garters just in case but never needed them. I measured right before I took them off this evening and they were a full 28 inches above my heels. I put black bootsocks on to make sure I didn’t slip around inside my shoes too much. I got several compliments throughout the day too, they really seem to catch peoples eyes. They cost more than I expected so it’s a good thing they performed well!
More new stuff for days to come…

Today we got a huge box of white sweater socks.
In anticipation of their arrival I put on my own pair, which you may remember me dyeing lavender last month. I’ve gotten alot of compliments on this color but am waiting to dye a batch because I was told by the supplier that they were making them in a purple & I want to see what they come up with since mass dyeing has proven to be a challenge for me at this time (due largely to lack of space & proper equipment). Sometime in the next week I’m expecting another box from them that will have (among other things) samples, hopefully it will include samples of the longer version of these I requested. I will post more information here as soon as I have more information to post.
Last night we sold the last pair of the elastic sock garters made by the folks at Orkney Angora so I’ve switched things around and made a special page for sock garters (yes, still in the current format because I hit a bit of a wall with the redesign, I’ll get past it, in time, anyway…) I currently have red buttons, black buttons & white elastic, I should have my mother of pearl buttons by this weekend and am looking for some other nice buttons like glass & fancy antique styles, I’ll also go ahead & get the more expensive imported black elastic if they don’t get the domestic in soon. I’ve written them three times now about it, you’d think they’d find the time to respond. I myself have trouble keeping up with all the questions & letters I get, but it’s been over a week since I sent the first one. Sorry if I sound whiny, I’m quite tired, the bookstore needed me to work alot more days than usual this week, which I love, despite not having as much time to procrastinate as I’m used to, but these toes are tired tonight! Tomorrow I’ll tell you what else came in the mail today…

I brought in the striped knee high toesocks by request…
unfortunately we got a wonky batch and they got holes after just one wearing and washing so I sent them all back to the supplier. Now they have sent us a (hopefully) better batch. Today I wore this pair, took some pictures then tossed them in the wash. After going through the dryer I got them out and gave them a good examination. They do look better, a few loose threads near the stripe switchover spot, but they don’t unravel into holes like the bad ones did. Who knew stripes were prone to little thready issues? Now for the cool things about these, they are knee high and they stay up well, their tops are finished on the inside and can be folded over for a nice cuff, the toes stayed in place fairly well and the stripes go all the way down the feet. Toesocks are sooooo comfy too! So these are once again available to buy.
Here’s an excerpt from a happy toesock letter I got yesterday…
So I wore the toe socks all day at work today and had very happy feet. My big toes tend to get smooshed in my shoes and by the end of the day smooshed toes are hurting. It felt like these socks helped to prevent toe-smoosh together, and that means very very happy toes. They are also very lightweight. It felt like I was floating on air (inside my boots!) And surprisingly they kept my feet very dry even inside my boots and when I was sweating like I have sweat before.

The fishnet thigh highs make equally great knee highs!
it never even occurred to me til a few weeks ago when Livvy said she wore hers this way. I used my (first pair of) handmade elastic sock garters to hold them just above my knees. I put the fishnets on inside out so the lace would flip over & be right side out, it looked really cute cuffed right over my knees (unfortunately I had inched them up a little before the pix were taken & I don’t think it looked as good as it did earlier, but now that I know I will do it again soon & get better pictures. Back to my elastic sock garters, I finally secured sources for buying it in bulk, yes, after months of not being able to find even one that I didn’t need to buy 5000 yards from I found three that I can buy any amount from. I hope to get black soon too, but it’s currently about 5x as expensive as white so I’m waiting. I’m collecting buttons now & will have a selection of garters ready by the end of the week…

…dreaming socks
the subject of best socks to sleep in came up this week.
I mentioned how great the bootsocks are for sleeping in, longsocks, the longer the better, are nice on cold nights, cashmere is a luxury for toasty sleepy toes, I’m having the Orkney folks make some angora anklets in dreamy colors, toesocks are among my favs at bedtime, and these, the fuzzy socks are the softest socks we have, inside & out, so they not only feel wonderful for your wiggling toes they are nice to brush up against in the night.

I must admit that I’m not fond of argyle or tights
(I brought both in by request)
so I had no plans for wearing these til I was filling an order earlier & realized they didn’t look like I imagined them from the supplier’s picture. What I’d thought was grey was actually flesh showing through as these tights are all black, I was intrigued and went on to plan my day’s outfit around them which was perfect since I was filling in at the bookstore this morning (this is their desk, special thanks to Brigid for taking this shot, I was off the clock & she was on lunch). I added my grey 36 inch long socks for warmth & sockie comfort…
By the end of the day I actually started liking tights!

we have two knee highs from Ozone, four otks from Alpal & argyle tights from Music Legs.
I’ve been wearing my argyle otks all day. Once again they pulled right up to my thighs, but I didn’t wear garters with them so they slipped down closer to my knees ny the end of the day, never falling below them. Actually they stayed mid-thigh through grocery shopping & driving so they can just be pulled back up pretty easily when needed.
It’s late, I’m sleepy & I have homemade chocolate cherry cupcakes for my bedtime snack…