Niqkita's Sock Journal

Anticipating colder/wetter weather I got myself a pair of waterproof fleece lined shoes for our daily walks at the dogpark and although they are totally comfy they can get a little warm when it isn’t quite chilly out and I found my toes sweating more than usual. I decided to try the sport toe socks with them and they worked great! Thanks to the Feelmax “Cool-max” sport toe socks with terry loops on the insides, my feet stayed totally dry & comfortable. Now I know which socks to wear with the few shoes/boots that make my feet sweat. Right now we’re out of these in the large black size and have only one pair of the smaller size, the large are on order, but for some reason they don’t have the smaller size anymore so I couldn’t order those, but we have plenty of the white and the pink (which never came in the larger size in the first place).

We got this letter from Babylon and the pics were so cute I just had to post them! :)

I just thought I would share my cool photos I took of these very cool
socks because I like them so much and wish you would maybe make some
more black and white **hint, hint** ;-) I was very happy they pretty
much fit up to the widest part of my thigh and they didn’t slip too
much. As you can see we were testing out the new dual flashes that my
dad bought for work ;-)

Babylon :)

A huge thanks to Babs for sharing these with us!
The Longer Super Stripes make me jump for joy as well. And keep your eyes peeled for new black and white items… and lots of new colors in general. We have been running out of quite a few things with the move and the busy season starting up right around the same time, but supplies are slowly trickling back in and we should be all restocked and have new additions ( think Orange knees and colors colors and more colors in the solid styles in the m-styles and gazzillion new other items….my faves are the fuzzy argyle……drooooooooool) in the next 2-3 weeks.

These are quite unique with their striped thermal texture. We found them to be a bit snug & can’t recommend them for anyone with calves wider than 13 inches, unless you just want to wear them scrunched down which was cute too and can be seen in the picture of the green & blue on their page. BTW, if you like the blue & green you better hurry, these came in mixed color packs and each pack only had two blue/green and wouldn’t you know it, they’ve been selling the fastest this week! I think we can order more, but when/if we do it will be a few weeks til they arrive.
They are only supposed to be knee high, but on my legs they went over my knees just a bit (my knees are 15 inches up) and they stay up really well! I like them, Xilia didn’t as much as they were much tighter on her, hopefully we’ll get a review out of her so you can have the bad with the good…

Since I mentioned these in a comment yesterday and no one posted yesterday I thought I’d add this shot I took Sunday. The M Stripes are quite long and not necessarily wide enough at the tops to go around everyone’s thighs, plus the ankles can be baggy which bugs some people. But some of us are not bothered by any of these things! I like mine just up over my knees, folded down once or twice for a nice little cuff, they almost never fall from here on me, I, for one, love the wrinkled bits at my ankles, especially in these colors as they remind me of some sort of dreamy flower around my legs and the look is alot like leg warmers or super loose socks.
Speaking of Super Loose Socks…
someone wrote awhile back asking if I’d ever thought of carrying them.
I’d have responded had he included an email…
Of course I’ve thought about it! and for the most part, we’ve covered it, just not with any socks that actually have japanese labels because it would cost a fortune to buy them and have them sent here (I looked into it early on). EG Smith does not offer their version to the US (I’ve tried to persuade them to no avail) but the Pippy Longstockings that they will sell us are extremely similar and will be back in stock shortly (we only ran out because they did, I stay on top of that order very well and always order lots!) we used to have a handmade version made by Limebarb who became to popular to keep up with our needs and now we have several of our own styles that fit the bill wonderfully loosely & well ~:)
Now, don’t worry over all the missing Dream Stockings, Xilia is getting them restocked just as quick as she can and boxes full are showing up each & every week!

I’m a saver…

For some silly reasoning (must have been instilled when I was a child… Perhaps I could blame my mother (tee hee) ;o) I tend to try not to wear what I think are my “best” things. The reasoning thought being that I don’t want to wear out the good stuff, but save it for “special” instead. That always backfires on me. While I have several really great unworn pairs of socks (shoes, dresses, even panties) saved for some magical occasion in the future, my true favorites eventually end up being the things I wore and wore and wore again for “not so special”. Then suddenly… There are holes, wear, rips, tugs, stains and all the signs that lots of life happened there. I guess they are now special too. :O)

It was love at first sight with these double greens. The colors just blew me away (even now after many many washings) they are so very vibrant. These two greens together have a truly happy effect on me. The colors in real life are as glorious as the colors in a Mary Faery photograph. But these socks did not go to the ’save for special’ area… They went right to the front of a sock drawer in the ‘wear any time’ area. Why? Because on my legs they aren’t long enough to truly get over my knees, and the heels on the feet make me feel like one of Cinderella’s ugly stepsisters trying to fit giant feet into that tiny glass slipper. A sock has to be REALLY special for me to feel those things about it, and still fall head over ill fitting heels in love with them. And fall I did… I wear them all the time, sometimes slouched, sometimes knee high, sometimes as layers with other socks, sometimes in my hair as a headband, sometimes they even become a vel toy. I don’t think I’ve done a load of laundry in the past four months that they were not in. I wear them that much. I love them that much. I am glad they never made it to “special”.. I never would have found out how much I really enjoy them.

When the DreaM stockings eventually come in bigger feet I am going to have to make sure I don’t file them away under special. These need to be worn, these need to be loved… loved to the point of holes even.

Now where is my green thread :O)

…and then some. These Shag slipper socks are so scrumptiously soft inside & out, you’ll wiggle your toes with joy while wearing them. They have tremendous stretch fitting Xilia’s little size 6 tootsies so well we figure smaller feet could wear them too, plus they’ll stretch to fit bigger feet, at least to size 11. My fairly average 8.5/9 feet (((love))) them & they remind me alot of boucle.
They are excellent bed socks…

also nice for schnuffling around the house, and comfy in shoes too…

When I first saw them I knew we needed to get them in, but it wasn’t til I wore them that I realized I hadn’t ordered near enough, but worry not because more are already on their way! And with 8 colors to choose from you might need to get more than one.

.. and in my case that happens to be my legs :)-

I got one of the coolest, longest letter from a happy sock buyer this morning…
telling me of her experience running into Eric Smith of EG Smith fame at an art museum in San Francisco, it seems he is a film maker as well as having created some of the best socks ever. He’s made a film about an incredible woman named Irene who designed and made her own clothes out of anything and everything, not following any one or any style in what she wore, just like my credo of wear what you enjoy and enjoy what you wear. She asked me to mention it here but not to include her letter, but this part I loved, I don’t know if he actually knows of us or was just pleased by the name…
…We go out into the lobby and there is the filmmaker setting out a display of some of her amazing hats on a stand. He looked pretty interesting too, was wearing very subtle and unusual colors, the wildest shoes I have ever seen (even counting all the ones I’ve seen on the SockDreams site) and some tie-dye socks. I asked if he had made his shoes and he said no, “but the socks are mine…” I asked him if he had made them and he said yes, he used to have a sock company. So I asked what the name of the sock company was. “E.G.Smith” he says and I suddenly grok that this filmmaker named Eric Smith is THE Eric Smith of my gorgeous space-dyed and sadly expensive tights!!! It was him, right there in front of me.
It was too much. My friend Lynne was blown away, I had been ranting to her about Sock Dreams and my new tights on the way to the museum. I wish I had brought my camera so I could have sent in a picture of him! He looked great, I don’t know how to describe it, so uncool that he looked WAY cool I guess is the best I can do. Seemed like a really nice guy. Said he had sold or “licenced” his label, but is still somewhat involved with the company…Was interested to know where I had bought his tights and seemed pleased to hear that it was from Sock Dreams.

Some of their socks still say Love, Eric on the arch…
Eric, we love you too!!!
Now, the rest of you, if you like creative & unusual people who follow the beat of their own drum go check out Irene!