Tips to stop sock from slipping down
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Long piece of string - like mittens - up over the shoulders and back down the flank to the leggy-leg.
( No idea - new socks? puttees? )
( No idea - new socks? puttees? )
Do you pull your socks up over your trousers in wellies? That seems to keep them in place for me.
I do think that hiking socks/wool socks are generally better than thin cotton socks for boots in general, though. I've only ever had shoes/boots pull socks down when they were thin cotton.
American astronauts were taught 'sock etiquette' in the days when appearances really, really mattered. They wore sock suspenders to keep their socks pulled up and taut so that no flesh flashed when they sat down, especially in interview situations.
Sounds surreal, but the 60's /70's were weird times.
Anyway, you can still buy these, and apparantly they are comfortable to wear.
Failing that you could do the schoolgirl's option, we used elastic bands and folded the tops down over them to keep our socks up
Sounds surreal, but the 60's /70's were weird times.
Anyway, you can still buy these, and apparantly they are comfortable to wear.
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Failing that you could do the schoolgirl's option, we used elastic bands and folded the tops down over them to keep our socks up
I was going to say garter, or double sided tape! There does seem to be various little elasticated small belt type options which may work.
I'd start off with well fitting socks, easier said than done for me as I'm right between the too big and too small measurement of 8.5 - 9.
I'd start off with well fitting socks, easier said than done for me as I'm right between the too big and too small measurement of 8.5 - 9.
When I first read the title 'Tips to stop sock from slipping down' I read that as 'tip to stockings from slipping down'
Note to self - get eye test....
Note to self - get eye test....
The one time you need zero gravity to be on your side and it still lets you down!!!
stop wearing socks?!
(sorry, couldn't resist.... but i've the same issue, so often that's my solution)
(sorry, couldn't resist.... but i've the same issue, so often that's my solution)
My hairy legs would protest, big time, at having to remove sticky tape! I won't even have the tiny Bandaid plaster after an injection!
I've tried staples but they keep popping out.
Maybe a pneumatic nail gun is the solution?
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