Niqkita's Sock Journal

As the days get warmer our desire to set our toes free increases.
Of course you can wear toe socks & tabis any time of the year with nearly any kind of shoe but they really shine when it’s time to put on your flip flops and sandals. I rarely wear them with bare feet, not only are my toes shy, I just really don’t like how dirty my feet get from a day of walking around like that.

To celebrate spring we’ve added a few new tabi socks with at least a few more on their way. The K.Bell peace signs above (and the cherry blossoms and stripes) have been staying on my feet very well during our long walks to the park and back with Lola.
If the thought of having your toes all separated is a bit much these are a nice alternative since they just separate your big toe which is perfect for flip flops.

This has been my absolute favorite pair of socks since they arrived as a sample pair a couple of years ago. Knowing you’d all want them in thigh highs we started ordering them. And while I love those too, these have remained my one truly dreamiest sock, just over my knees, often hanging out just under them. They get softer and softer every time I pull them out of the dryer.
Now this great length is here for everyone to enjoy.
Many of the days since they arrived you can find at least a couple of pairs being worn around Sock Dreams so it seems they are well loved by many already.

I was super happy when the timing worked out perfectly for taking them up on my little sock getaway in Seattle with Raubynn last weekend…

We had lots of fun running around town taking pictures in our socks.

Surely some people thought us mad

I was mesmerized by the hibiscus, such pretty colors!

When I came home I found out the last couple of colors were in so I put them on

and climbed my favorite tree…

We also got this new color that we happily ordered in both lengths…

some said they looked like patina, some preferred antique. In honor of Amanda officially taking over the Dream Stocking section I gave her the final say…
antique it is, and gorgeous too!
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I nearly forgot to add this one from before my trip…

These are indeed dreamy as a knee high on fuller legs!

This isn’t even all of it…

We have among our latest arrivals being tested & shot this week:
E.G. Smith Eco line of Green Socks
…made of recycled & organic yarns
Strange Monster Arm Cozies
…snug and oh-so-lovely!
K. Bell’s Soft & Dreamy socks
…with a name like that we better be selling them!
but do they live up to it? yeah, they’re pretty scrumptious.
These will start showing up on the site Monday…

and what you don’t see above are…
Classic Men’s Sock Garters

and an in-store exclusive of Betsey Johnson:

Don’t worry though, we’ll definitely offer our favorites online soon too!
But in store exclusives aren’t a bad idea either…

Crazy are the space dyed…
by nature, all space dyed socks are unique individuals, like me, and hopefully you.
this means from one pair to the next they do not look the same
within a pair they do not look the same
…sometimes, but not always, not usually anyway.
And sometimes this drives people crazy because they want their socks to match…
eachother, or the pair they saw when they said, “yeah, I want those!”
But that’s just the way they are, nothing I can do about it
…except, maybe, not offer them at all
and we don’t want that do we? no, we don’t, because we like them.
No, we love them! and have always said these would be great for our shoppe
then you can see exactly what you are getting when you buy them
which leads to craziness because then you’ll want to see each and every pair
and this just is not possible on the website, wouldn’t it be cool if it were?
but I assure you, chaos would ensue and we just aren’t going to try and tackle that!
But all the while I keep ordering in more & more because Nouvella just has so many…
and I can’t resist them!
…terry shorties: Short, just past your heels, not quite past your ankles
…terry crews: past your ankles, maybe to your knees,
(((these just might be one of my all time fav’s)))

…and space dyed knee highs: up to your knees with ease and they’ll stay up there too!

they all come in a dizzying array of choices
and I add a few nearly every time I order
next time you’ll see the likes of sparkle, coney and space star…
what do they look like? I can’t remember, but they’re sure to be fun!

Here’s an example of potential variations…

(image links to a much larger version for detail)

Light, bright, colorful and pretty, it’s all I see when I look around
right down to our newest Dream Stockings
a paired down Vertically Inlined in white
…knee high!!!

as pretty as these are, I’ve always secretly wished for a shorter version
and these pretty spring colors are too sweet to resist.
Upon my first wearing I wasn’t convinced though
too loose around the ankles and frequently creeping down my legs.
I’m happy to report that a warm machine wash & dry made them perfect!
These past two days they fit and stayed up fantastically.
Everyone around here has liked them so far, loved them even.
Hurray for spring!!!

It isn’t often I manage to fulfill a special request in little more than a week.
So these dragons must be part magic because it happened this time, with one small fault: the actual request was for knee high dragons and these are merely crew socks, high on the ankles but not quite to the knees. In their defense, they come in two sizes, “men’s” and “women’s” …I found them to be so very stretchy & soft that I think they will be very accommodating to your feet of all sizes, though they may be loose on smaller feets below women’s size 7.5. We put them on and trekked through our favorite forest of bamboo safely and silently with our little herd of new dragons following our every step.

…maybe someday we will have a magic sock machine that we can create anything we want on, including dragon knee highs.

Remember when you were little and you wanted to wear that tiara to the grocery store… or the football helmet to your Aunt Celia’s wedding? Remember how that one favorite thing to wear could change the mood of every adventure you had? These favorite things seemed to take on magical powers, and we got to be someone special each time we wore them.

Armwarmers and gloves are like that for me… The moment I put them on I feel special. I end up pointing much more than necesssary (which way did you want to go, this way? that way?… oh it’s over there… etc.) I tend to make grand sweeping gestures with my hands just to catch a glimpse of how these fun accesories accent what I feel is the second most expressive part of us all (our face being the first). My large hands feel prettier, more delicate… and don’t even get me started on the funky factor of anything that gets to hang out over your wrists with folds of fabric.

They are also most excellent for “squishing tall buildings”

These are perfect for holding the hand of someone you love

Now when you take something this cute and make it in plaid, it just can’t get any better than that.

I LOVE PLAID!

The Plaid arm warmers fit my larger hands just fine, they come mid way up my forearm all the way stretched out (but I like em scrunched up at the wrist). These are the sort of thing that look even better the more you wear em.

Sure these have a function… they can certainly help to keep you warmer on brisk days…

but for me, these are just pure magic fun! (I’m even wearing them while I’m typing this up… they ummm, really help with my typing… yeah, that’s it… wearing them helps with my typing) ;o)

 

shhhh … I mean it!!

Keep it down now …. cause once it gets out that THESE ARE SOOO fANTASTIC  everybody and their mother is going to buy multiple pairs and deplete the stock before I get more. Envision an old movie department store scene where people are grabbing anything, and mutiple tug’s of war breakout…  ”mine, mine, mine” “I had it first” “let go of my sock” “Unhand that thigh high you cad“  :O)

YAY! Autumn is almost here which means cooler weather and being able to wear long socks again. When I first saw the O Lovelies I thought they were so cute, and knew I had to get them! Alot of the pics showed them scrunched, and I always wear my otks up, so I had some doubts about their stay up power. Everyone said they stay up fine, so I bought them, and am thrilled about how these actually DO stay up really great. I’ve been wearing mine for almost 3 days and they’ve made it through grocery shopping, much socializing and even playing with my mom’s dog Sadie. They stayed up the whole time. After a few days of wearing the knee is starting to get a little stretched out, but most socks do that after alot of wearing and kneeling.

Here’s Sadie a little wet from jumping in the pond to chase the ducks. The O Lovelies are a wonderful otk sock for this time of year because they’re a lighter weight sock. I want to call them delicate, but they’ve proven to be quite rugged with all the wear I’ve given them. I got the small size in grey which fits my size 6.5s most excellently. No need to shrink these in the dryer.

Another reason I love these is because the cuff stays put! There’s no annoying doughnut rolling going on. They’re also a full 4inches above my knee. So I really love these and hope to get all the fabulous colours.

Sadie can’t take her eyes off the lovely O Lovelies! teehee.