Three Strikes
5 February 2010 · 3 Comments
I love Socks That Rock. I really do. The colors are fall down gorgeous, the mediumweight yarn is exactly the thickness I like best, it’s a nice tightly spun yarn, and the customer service is superb. Alas, it seems the yarn doesn’t like me. I’ve had five socks blow out in the last few weeks. Three of them were made in Socks That Rock. This seems like more than a coincidence.
Now socks are temporary objects. They get used up. However, the speed with which these particular socks are wearing out is a bit alarming. Lets do some math. The most recent blow out was finished ten months ago. The last ten months included that dreadful period known as summer. I just flat out don’t wear socks in June, July, or August. So that leaves seven sock wearing months. I probably wear hand knit socks about two thirds of the time, and I have at least twenty pairs in circulation at any given time. That gives 7 sock wearing months x 30 days per month x 2/3 = 140 hand knit sock wearing days in the last 10 months. Divide that by 20 (the number of pairs of socks in circulation) to get 7.
Seven.
I don’t want my socks to wear out after seven wearings. I think this may be the end. I’ll miss you, Socks that Rock.
3 Comments
Christine
February 5th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
How do you wash your socks? STR is my favorite yarn, tho I like lightweight better. I handwash my socks and I have more than 7 wearings on each of my STR socks. I find my Koigu not last as long…
Susan
February 7th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Collinette Jitterbug seems to be the one that blows out for me. It also bleeds and shrinks. I still use it, well use the old stuff up, but then I won’t be getting any more.
I have some STR Lightweight but have not knit any socks with it yet. I wear my hand knits a lot so they do wear out quickly.
Barbara
February 7th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
There’s a reason our grandmothers spent their lives darning – nylon hadn’t been invented! Pure wool just doesn’t hold up.
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