Mending socks: an old costum revived. / myLot

Chile

November 11, 2015 5:45pm CST

Today, while straightening some garments in my chest of drawers, I discovered that all (and I mean all) my alpaca socks had holes

. I use them while in bed in Winter because they are soft and are pure alpaca wool. There were two posibilities: either I threw them away (and where would I find alpaca socks as they only sell them near the peruvian border) or I mended them. Leticia is full of resources and had put away a couple of years ago some threads of alpaca wool that my mother had bought to knit. She also got from her wizard´s hat a big needle and now I have two pairs of wonderful mended socks. Do you keep and mend some specially good garments? Or you just throw them away and pray you find something as good?

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

12 Nov 15

So Leticia did the mending? I find that socks are so cheap nowadays that I don't bother mending them, I just get new ones. But they obviously aren't alpaca ones

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

12 Nov 15

Actually I have never heard of alpaca socks.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

Leticia gave me the thread and the needle. I mended them

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

12 Nov 15

@marguicha Oh right, I wasn't sure who did the actual mending.

. Yes you are an angel.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

11 Nov 15

For one thing I can't wear any wool as I am allergic to wool but I used to mend socks a long time ago now I use the old ones for rags and buy new socks.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

11 Nov 15

My eldest daughter was allergic to wool at a time where many garmets were at least partly wool.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

12 Nov 15

@marguicha anytime I came into contact with wool I would break out in hives and scratch, scratch, scratch until my skin was bare. I am still allergic to wool.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

12 Nov 15

I will mend them. Now days most just through them out and buy new. My bed socks are old men socks. Love 'em.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

I would not know where to buy such wonderful socks

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Marlina

@marlina (154103)

• Canada

12 Nov 15

I used to mend my socks but not anymore, lost patience for that.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

I don´t usually mend my everyday clothes, but my pet socks are different

Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

12 Nov 15

Yes I do, I learned to mend in school when I was still a young girl. It's a shame to throw something if you can fix it.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

There are things I can turn into rags without much trouble. But there are others I use for ages.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

12 Nov 15

I wear socks during the day but can't wear them at night as my feet get too hot. I have mended clothing before when it was something that I really liked and it was still wearable.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

I have vascular problems so my feet get very cold , specially in Winter

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

15 Nov 15

@marguicha I can certainly understand. My feet do get cold but once I am in bed and under the blankets, my feet get hot if I wear socks.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (148731)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Nov 15

I men until the item can not be fixed anymore. than I threw the item away.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

These socks are so soft and warm that I couldn´t do without them

Nelda Hoxie

@NeldaHoxie (1381)

• United States

13 Nov 15

I mend things. I never throw anything out unless I have to. Alpaca socks sound wonderfully warm. I have a pair of heavy wool socks on and a flannel night gown on. I just put a heavy blanket over me while I sit here and type away.

James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

12 Nov 15

My wife is quite a seamstress and mends things well. I have no Alpaca socks though.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

12 Nov 15

I used to mend a lot when the children were little. Now I live alone and don´t need to. Alpaca socks can only be bought in places near the Andes Mountains.