I find tube socks awkward to wear. How do I know where my heel is supposed to go? Since they’re not form-fitting, there’s always some excess material around the little toe. And they go too high up my leg. I feel like I should be in the NBA.
How do I deal with this excess material? Do I pull the tops up as high as they will go, so I look like the old retired guy who lives next door and doesn’t give a damn anymore? Do I roll them down neatly? Do I scrunch them down? Do I just drape the socks across my bare feet? Should I tie them around my ankles, like those assholes who used to wear sweaters tied around their necks? Or, do I do something else?
Who’s forcing you to wear tube socks? Get a different style of socks, like the ones that are prebent and of a shorter length. Life’s to short to wear clothing you don’t like.
I liked the idea of tube socks. I bought a pack of Hanes. They have stitching on the toe. It would be necessary to decide, and remember each time you wear them, “stitching on the toes or under the toes” to ensure the heel is always the same. Or you can just go crazy and let them wear evenly at the heel. Unfortunately the pack of pairs I purchased would be tight on a 6" circumference pipe. So I filled a few with oranges and that worked great!
Now that it its getting down below freezing, people whose ears hang low wear them as fancy earmuffs. 'cause you can tie 'em in a knot, you can tie 'em in a bow. Very popular in da UP along with fudsters.
The “theory” behind tube socks is that they won’t always be worn the same way, but instead a different part of the sock will be on the bottom each time, kind of like rotating your tires for equal wear and longer life.
In other words, it’s supposed to ensure the heel is not always the same.
I haven’t worn tube socks since I was a kid, but I do not remember any excess material. The socks came up to about the low-to-mid-calf and pretty much everyone wore them the same way. As Doug K. notes, the orientation did not matter. The only thing that mattered was making sure the stripes matched.
Don’t know what they are really called. Socks that do not extend up the ankle. They only cover your foot? My son introduced me to them a few years ago.
to ensure the heel is always the same. Or you can just go crazy and let them wear evenly at the heel. Unfortunately the pack of pairs I purchased would be tight on a 6" circumference pipe. So I filled a few with oranges and that worked great!
