Itchy woolen socks!!

[scrogger]

Any bright ideas on how to make wooly longs socks less itchy

Oh and I know not wearing them will work best!!

They are new so would washing do it?

Andy

 

[Nat]

Washing or wear a thin pair underneath, works a treat

 

[gowersponger]

i dont find washing makes much of a diffrence,i just wear a normal pair of socks under.

 

[Teepee]

Never noticed the itching.
I have noticed wool socks always give me blisters.
No other socks have ever done this.

 

[scrogger]

I dont normally wear long woolen socks but I recently bought a pair of Muck boots that seem to blister my calves these long socks stop that but so bl@@dy itchy!!. To wear a second thin pair they would need to be as long as the woolen ones, so where form any ideas?

Andy

 

[gazmc2]

I dont normally wear long woolen socks but I recently bought a pair of Muck boots that seem to blister my calves these long socks stop that but so bl@@dy itchy!!. To wear a second thin pair they would need to be as long as the woolen ones, so where form any ideas?

Andy

regular footie socks from any sports shop would be long enough mate.

gaz!

 

[scrogger]

Excellent point gaz ... sport and soccer here I come.

 

[Shewie]

What sort of wool are they Andy ? I wear the long Ullfrotte merions with my Lundhags and they've been fine. The army arctic socks are good and soft too.

 

[scrogger]

I just Googled long wool socks and found a supplier who could send next day. They dont need to be technical or anything just long to stop the welly from naffing my calves up.
I will get some long sports socks maybe.

Its no big issue they are in the washer at the mo that may do the trick.

Where did you get your Ullfrottes from?

 

[Shewie]

Where did you get your Ullfrottes from?

Tamarack, need you ask

 

[Tiley]

Turn them inside out and iron them with a medium to cool iron. It burns off the hairy tickly bits and makes them less itchy as a result. This certainly works with sweaters; socks may require a little more care...