rock 'em sock 'em

[fufaraw]

Socks always wear out in the heel, sometimes the toe, but usually the heel. And the worn through heel...makes a good hole for your thumb, if you cut off most of the foot part and use the rest for a mitt, the cuff for armwarmers. I can't wear most fingerless gloves anymore, my hands object to any sort of binding, even soft gloves or socks, but they love the snuggly warmth of soft sock cuffs. The heel-hole for my thumb, though, can't do that either, it pulls and stresses the joint. So I'm wearing a snazzy, cozy pair of sock cuffs over my achey wrist bones, pulled up to the base of my fingers, and the joints are all loose and warm and happy.

I just need to remember to snatch them off before washing my hands, or plunging them into dishwater.

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[epiphyta]

You have reminded me that I am down to one pair of fingerless gloves (that Dear Friend S. made for me, in a dark plum wool) and one of ragg cotton socks. This should be corrected, as I love both for slounging around the house -- the Smartwool socks are more for going out in the world, it seems to me.

And I have also found myself wearing soggy gloves: "I'll just wipe down this counter . . . ack!"