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Not so fast. Sock magic: I've only bought black socks over the last 5 year, and still I can't seem to find ones anymore that exactly match in both fitting and c

Not so fast. Sock magic: I've only bought black socks over the last 5 year, and still I can't seem to find ones anymore that exactly match in both fitting and color (they all seem to have degraded in different color tones)

smilespray 4y ago
Maybe your left foot produces slightly more agressive sweat than the right one.
- davidjfelix 4y ago
  This only really tracks if they intentionally wear socks on specific feet. While some socks have L/R indicators, most don't.
taneq 4y ago
Ah, the trick here is to buy all your socks at the same time, and open all the packs at once. Don't just open a pack every now and then, or they'll age differently and you get the variation in wear and tear. Then once you're down to a few days' worth of raggedy socks, throw them all out at once and open the next batch. (Source: Am a fellow black-sock-only person who made the above mistake last time around.)
- zbrozek 4y ago
  My trick is to have only white socks and to not actually care if they're matching levels of tired.
- zhte415 4y ago
  This requires sock drawer/shelf management. Socks will form a FOFI stack where clean pairs will be taken from the top, worn, washed and returned to the top of the stack while other clean pairs sit beneath without being touched. Those at the top of the stack will wear out faster. Mitigation might include not washing any socks until all clean pairs are exhausted, but this may result in a smelly linen bin. Alternatives might be keeping clean socks in a pair of tights with the toes cut out - most recently cleaned in the top pushing down, fresh pairs taken from the open toe; hang this up for a better UX.
  - rpvnwnkl 4y ago
    For my drawers I stack horizontal, old on the left and new fresh washed come in on the right. So you can see what you’ve been wearing and what you haven’t worn for a while and choose accordingly. Works for shirts, socks, underwear, etc.
marssaxman 4y ago
As far as I'm concerned, the point of a sock monoculture is never to think about matching: as soon as a sock requires any special attention, I simply throw it out.

smilespray 4y ago

Maybe your left foot produces slightly more agressive sweat than the right one.

davidjfelix 4y ago
This only really tracks if they intentionally wear socks on specific feet. While some socks have L/R indicators, most don't.

taneq 4y ago

Ah, the trick here is to buy all your socks at the same time, and open all the packs at once. Don't just open a pack every now and then, or they'll age differently and you get the variation in wear and tear. Then once you're down to a few days' worth of raggedy socks, throw them all out at once and open the next batch. (Source: Am a fellow black-sock-only person who made the above mistake last time around.)

zbrozek 4y ago
My trick is to have only white socks and to not actually care if they're matching levels of tired.
zhte415 4y ago
This requires sock drawer/shelf management. Socks will form a FOFI stack where clean pairs will be taken from the top, worn, washed and returned to the top of the stack while other clean pairs sit beneath without being touched. Those at the top of the stack will wear out faster. Mitigation might include not washing any socks until all clean pairs are exhausted, but this may result in a smelly linen bin. Alternatives might be keeping clean socks in a pair of tights with the toes cut out - most recently cleaned in the top pushing down, fresh pairs taken from the open toe; hang this up for a better UX.
- rpvnwnkl 4y ago
  For my drawers I stack horizontal, old on the left and new fresh washed come in on the right. So you can see what you’ve been wearing and what you haven’t worn for a while and choose accordingly. Works for shirts, socks, underwear, etc.

marssaxman 4y ago

As far as I'm concerned, the point of a sock monoculture is never to think about matching: as soon as a sock requires any special attention, I simply throw it out.