HA my boyfriend does this all the time by simply sliding his sock to the end of his foot because quote “only half my foot is cold” (it does not cost him nine dollars)
You could:
- Wear them with your fuzzy pink mules while shoveling snow out of your driveway.
- Wear them with your dress shoes to go nightclubbing in the far North.
- Wear them to go tiptoing through tundra tulips.
I’m making a set of gloves that only cover the tips of your fingers at the second knuckle. The material is cheap, because I just cut the fingers off regular gloves, and then sell the fingerless remnants to weightlifters.
I just had to replace my Gingher sewing shears because they can’t cut fabric worth a shit since my husband used mine to cut roses. Why? Because his clippers were ALL the way out in the garage, and the clippers were getting dull, anyway.
This is why I buy neon pink sewing shears and HIDE the crap out of them, so my husband doesn’t use them to cut open packets of lunchmeat or ground beef when the kitchen shears are in need of a wash.
My husband understands the consequences of using ANY of my shears for ANYTHING. That’s grounds for divorce! We have scissors all over the house so there is no excuse.
That’s nothing! You ought to check out Fiskars’ spring-loaded shears! You’ll not think so much of clunky, dull, old-fashioned, hand-tiring shears if you do!
The classroom I teach in has a pair of these. I never get tired of watching students come up, spot them, go round-eyed in confusion and then look for some excuse to try them.
I like the idea of the spring-loaded shears but I don’t use my dressmaker shears for much except draping and in fittings. It bugs me how they get caught up on the table while trying to cut fabric. I like the bottom edge of my shears to have a nice curve, like these, and like tailor shears. Now if they sold a spring-loaded tailoring shears… you can bet your hot ass they’d be mine!
I am guilty of wearing yoga socks right now, and I don’t even do yoga.
In my defense, mine are way cuter than those. They don’t keep your feet as warm as regular socks, but it does significantly cut down on that gross feeling you get from wearing socks all the time.
Japanese sock stores have open-toed socks, socks that only cover toes, socks that only cover ankles, and more! I once bought myself a pair of sparkly blue elasticized bands that were meant for the middle of your foot.
Aw, don’t be hatin’, guys, these things are apparently great to with with shoes. That’s just what I’m looking for. I’m tired of withing shoes on their own. I need an aid in withing shoes, and I’m sure half-arsed handcrafts are the ticket. No longer shall I be alone in withing my shoes.
(Seriously, though, don’t with shoes; I’m not sure what it is, but it sounds illegal.)
You don’t do it to yourself, silly. That’s what your significant other is for…or any other unsuspecting consenting adult you might have lying around…or the neighbor if you can get into his house without his dog taking you out.
From the makers of backwards bride tattoos and handless glove fingers, comes, “Toe Socks! No, not that cute kind you’re thinking of. The useless slips-off-every-30-seconds-and-still-leaves-your-heel-chafed-by-your-shoes kind!”
Adding to the treasury of things that are literally uncomfortable or incorrect if used properly. BONUS, it’ll show up on the Front Page!
The seller is in Lithuania…where it’s REALLY FUCKING COLD most of the time (been there) so how in the ever loving hell did they even think of doing this to perfectly good socks?
It’s all relative – this is what you wear in Lithuania in the winter on your feet if you’re in your flannel pajamas, under a heavy down duvet, with a roaring fire.
Dog wool spins nicely. I have tried to spin almost everything even quilt batting. That produced an ugly white yarn that was strong enough I could use it to tie up my garbage bags.
actually dog wool isn’t so bad, depending on the breed. they usually blend it with either lamb’s wool or alpaca. I’m thinking nicely cleaned samoyed fur would make an awesome skein of white dog wool. Or am I a guy who spins plarn? yes I am..
But, what what go with with shoes not?
If Toes Warmers to with with shoes, then Glingers to with with purse? But what not to with with purse not match match shoes? Not out out?
Need need hat too too, because too too cold out out. Hat to with with head, but lost lost head many many years ago.
Except that mohair socks usually cost about $30+ (sometimes $50 – $80 if they are hand-knit). So you won’t be saving any money by doing that. I’m not saying that toe covers are a good idea, but cheap machine-made cotton socks (the sort of thing you get at a store) are nowhere near the same thing as mohair, much less hand-knit mohair.
November 16, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Is $9 really too much for my feet to look like Bob & Doug McKenzie, eh?
November 16, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Toe toques? Take off!
November 16, 2012 at 4:06 pm
HA my boyfriend does this all the time by simply sliding his sock to the end of his foot because quote “only half my foot is cold” (it does not cost him nine dollars)
November 16, 2012 at 4:09 pm
I like how they say [at least, I'm assuiming] ‘great to wear with shoes’. …. I think I’ll just keep my socks on.
November 16, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Look, next time you’re knitting preemie hats and you make them too small, just frog it and start over!
November 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Or make them Hats for Cats! Because the internet needs more pictures of helpless, revenge-plotting animals in clothing.
November 16, 2012 at 8:24 pm
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ToScarboroughFair
November 17, 2012 at 9:30 am
Oh the felinity!
November 17, 2012 at 10:54 am
I have to say, I kind of love this shop.
November 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Those cats look so pissed. If I tried to do that to my cats there would be photos of me being horribly mauled by them.
November 17, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Great. Give you cat(s) yet ANOTHER reason to kill you in your sleep.
November 20, 2012 at 10:32 am
I want one of those for my dog. XD The hats not the cats.
January 8, 2013 at 5:25 pm
my cat now has a light blue beret! getting her to wear it has been another matter entirely.
November 16, 2012 at 4:43 pm
I wish I could give this an extra upvote for using “frog it”.
November 16, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Or find even preermies.
November 16, 2012 at 5:07 pm
1.) What are preermies?
2.) Are there odd preermies?
Thanks!
November 16, 2012 at 10:25 pm
They’re the precursor to ermies. Even preermies are divisible by 2, odd preermies are not.
November 17, 2012 at 9:00 am
O.K. Why do we need to find them?
November 17, 2012 at 5:45 am
pre-er emies
November 17, 2012 at 9:32 am
Yeah, preemies that are even earlier (more pre.) Shakespeare made up words too, I’m just sayin’.
November 16, 2012 at 4:11 pm
It’s not like you could GO anywhere in those.
November 16, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Sure you could!
You could:
- Wear them with your fuzzy pink mules while shoveling snow out of your driveway.
- Wear them with your dress shoes to go nightclubbing in the far North.
- Wear them to go tiptoing through tundra tulips.
And more!
November 17, 2012 at 5:46 am
You could wear them with your house slippers and pj bottoms and Tweetie bird shirt to Walmart at 2 in the afternoon.
November 17, 2012 at 9:04 am
True. And desirable.
They could also be useful to Never Nudes who want to get their junk out.
November 16, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Yes you could.
You would just have to walk on your tippy toes.
November 16, 2012 at 4:17 pm
To quote my husband, “That’s funking dumb”
November 16, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Perhaps the socks will take us to… FUNKY TOWN!
Doot-da-doot-doo-doo, doot-doot-DAW-dee-doo!
…sorry, I ate too much Jimmy Dean’s and now I’m frisky.
November 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Why pad around in socks, when you can almost-not-quite pad around in bare feet?
November 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm
I love to “with with” my shoes!
November 17, 2012 at 9:04 am
Pervert.
November 16, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Earth socks.
November 16, 2012 at 4:22 pm
I’m making a set of gloves that only cover the tips of your fingers at the second knuckle. The material is cheap, because I just cut the fingers off regular gloves, and then sell the fingerless remnants to weightlifters.
November 16, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Awesome! I needed something to go with my Glingers!
November 16, 2012 at 6:01 pm
If fingers without gloves are Glingers, does this make these Tingers?
November 16, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Slocks?
November 17, 2012 at 6:43 am
Tocks.
November 19, 2012 at 10:58 am
No no no, THESE are Tocks.
http://cuteoverload.com/2012/10/10/flying-corgi-tocks/
November 16, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Oh man, those are some hot WISS shears! I heart me a pair of good shears.
November 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm
I just had to replace my Gingher sewing shears because they can’t cut fabric worth a shit since my husband used mine to cut roses. Why? Because his clippers were ALL the way out in the garage, and the clippers were getting dull, anyway.
He has to sleep sometime…
November 17, 2012 at 5:49 am
This is why I buy neon pink sewing shears and HIDE the crap out of them, so my husband doesn’t use them to cut open packets of lunchmeat or ground beef when the kitchen shears are in need of a wash.
November 19, 2012 at 5:27 pm
My husband understands the consequences of using ANY of my shears for ANYTHING. That’s grounds for divorce!
We have scissors all over the house so there is no excuse.
November 16, 2012 at 5:21 pm
That’s nothing! You ought to check out Fiskars’ spring-loaded shears! You’ll not think so much of clunky, dull, old-fashioned, hand-tiring shears if you do!
November 16, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Oooooh! Thank you. I will have to get those the next time I come up with a spare $20!
November 16, 2012 at 7:09 pm
They are wonderful!
November 17, 2012 at 10:47 am
The classroom I teach in has a pair of these. I never get tired of watching students come up, spot them, go round-eyed in confusion and then look for some excuse to try them.
November 19, 2012 at 5:26 pm
I like the idea of the spring-loaded shears but I don’t use my dressmaker shears for much except draping and in fittings. It bugs me how they get caught up on the table while trying to cut fabric. I like the bottom edge of my shears to have a nice curve, like these, and like tailor shears. Now if they sold a spring-loaded tailoring shears… you can bet your hot ass they’d be mine!
November 16, 2012 at 4:35 pm
i was looking for something in more of an open toed sock look… this is all wrong!
November 16, 2012 at 6:16 pm
November 16, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Aww, hell, just do a search for yoga socks on Etsy:
November 16, 2012 at 8:57 pm
well see. this makes sense now. You wear the toe cozies under your yoga socks!
It’s all about layering.
November 19, 2012 at 10:59 am
They’re like dickies for your feet!
November 17, 2012 at 5:51 am
Eeeeww feet!
November 17, 2012 at 10:57 am
That’s weird – for some reason, I don’t even notice the feet.
November 17, 2012 at 6:50 am
I am guilty of wearing yoga socks right now, and I don’t even do yoga.
In my defense, mine are way cuter than those. They don’t keep your feet as warm as regular socks, but it does significantly cut down on that gross feeling you get from wearing socks all the time.
November 17, 2012 at 7:18 am
I did not know toeless socks existed, and I’m excited. My toes need to be free, man.
No really. I do so hate the feeling of socks on my toes. I’m kind of happy now.
Yoga socks. Who’da thunk it.
November 17, 2012 at 8:22 am
If gloves for your fingers are “glingers,” should these be “gloes?”
November 17, 2012 at 10:50 am
Japanese sock stores have open-toed socks, socks that only cover toes, socks that only cover ankles, and more! I once bought myself a pair of sparkly blue elasticized bands that were meant for the middle of your foot.
November 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm
I have a pair of those, too.
But then I would, wouldn’t I?
November 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm
“Gloes” or GTFO!
November 16, 2012 at 4:52 pm
They really nestle the balls. Of the feet. So my search continues…
November 16, 2012 at 4:56 pm
What is it with Lithuanian sellers and their obsession with half-finished knits, lately?
November 16, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Wool shortage has hit the Baltic states particularly hard this year.
November 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Well, that’s one way to avoid turning a heel.
November 16, 2012 at 9:12 pm
…and yet they don’t fear the kitchner…or do they? I can’t tell how they finished the toe. Still stupid though.
November 17, 2012 at 6:07 am
The toe kind of looks like they just knit a tapered tube and sewed it across the toe.
November 17, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Looks like a really sloppy “fuck it, just sew it shut” kind of toe, actually.
November 16, 2012 at 5:33 pm
These’ll go great with my heel warmers and ankle insulators.
November 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Aw, don’t be hatin’, guys, these things are apparently great to with with shoes. That’s just what I’m looking for. I’m tired of withing shoes on their own. I need an aid in withing shoes, and I’m sure half-arsed handcrafts are the ticket. No longer shall I be alone in withing my shoes.
(Seriously, though, don’t with shoes; I’m not sure what it is, but it sounds illegal.)
November 16, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Aw just saw this… why didn’t it show up on my screen before now? Server must have been busy withing.
November 17, 2012 at 9:45 am
“When you with upon a shoe
Makes no difference with what you do.”
November 16, 2012 at 6:02 pm
I’m excited to learn that these toe warmers can with with shoes. Withing – isn’t that some kind of kinky new foot fetish thing?
November 17, 2012 at 11:00 am
I think it’s something like this: http://www.regretsy.com/2012/06/11/keds-are-for-tricks-nsfw/
November 17, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Foot fetish? Or is it for women who always complain that their guy goes to bed with his socks on and how unsexy that is? Half socksy, half sexy.
November 16, 2012 at 6:02 pm
It’s a store full of socks only! My Christmas shopping is DONE.
November 17, 2012 at 8:15 am
She does make beautiful things. She must be a spinner too because she has stuff made from dog hair yarn. I have never seen that sold commercially.
November 19, 2012 at 11:00 am
There may be a good reason for that.
November 16, 2012 at 6:03 pm
So… I tried your steps in making some of these and now my toes are all over the floor. Did I misunderstand something?
November 16, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Save the sockmaker, save the world!
November 16, 2012 at 9:15 pm
You don’t do it to yourself, silly. That’s what your significant other is for…or any other unsuspecting consenting adult you might have lying around…or the neighbor if you can get into his house without his dog taking you out.
November 16, 2012 at 6:19 pm
From the makers of backwards bride tattoos and handless glove fingers, comes, “Toe Socks! No, not that cute kind you’re thinking of. The useless slips-off-every-30-seconds-and-still-leaves-your-heel-chafed-by-your-shoes kind!”
Adding to the treasury of things that are literally uncomfortable or incorrect if used properly. BONUS, it’ll show up on the Front Page!
November 16, 2012 at 7:52 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tHaSNPGGyk
November 16, 2012 at 8:15 pm
The seller is in Lithuania…where it’s REALLY FUCKING COLD most of the time (been there) so how in the ever loving hell did they even think of doing this to perfectly good socks?
November 16, 2012 at 8:34 pm
It’s all relative – this is what you wear in Lithuania in the winter on your feet if you’re in your flannel pajamas, under a heavy down duvet, with a roaring fire.
And you’re crazy.
November 17, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I think they’re the cuffs of sleeves that ended up too long. *shrug*
November 16, 2012 at 8:39 pm
I’d love to see the shoes that these go with.
I imagine they’re just the front part, but laced up like a baby shoe.
November 16, 2012 at 9:55 pm
I was going to be the “everything else in her shop is so nice” person, until I saw this:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/113734142/dog-wool-socks-white-eskimos-hand
Dog wool? What kind of dog?
Now I’m the “everything else in her shop is so nice, except the dog wool stuff is a bit creepy” person.
November 17, 2012 at 7:10 am
Dog wool isn’t that bad. There were, in older times, dogs bred specifically for their wool.
From what I understand, it’s soft, comparatively light, and feels a lot like soft mohair.
November 17, 2012 at 8:19 am
Dog wool spins nicely. I have tried to spin almost everything even quilt batting. That produced an ugly white yarn that was strong enough I could use it to tie up my garbage bags.
November 17, 2012 at 12:20 am
OK. I admit it.
I have 3 pairs of toe warmers and several skeins of dog wool yarn.
Now I must go join weird-shit-owners anonymous.
Or did I just do that?
November 17, 2012 at 12:54 am
How many pairs of toes do you have? If you have more than three, which ones get cold? Inquiring (and slightly damaged) minds want to know.
November 17, 2012 at 6:55 am
actually dog wool isn’t so bad, depending on the breed. they usually blend it with either lamb’s wool or alpaca. I’m thinking nicely cleaned samoyed fur would make an awesome skein of white dog wool. Or am I a guy who spins plarn? yes I am..
November 17, 2012 at 1:02 am
um…5 pairs of toes, which I believe is regulation issue? Most of them get cold.
It’s a blood circulation problem, which leads to frequent frostbite. Which is doubtless more than anyone wanted to know.
November 17, 2012 at 2:44 am
These must be for people who live in old slapstick comedies and routinely pull up blankets just far enough to expose their toes.
November 17, 2012 at 4:06 am
It puts its toes in the hose or it gets the lotion again.
November 17, 2012 at 6:52 am
Maybe it is a fetish thing. Kinda makes the feet look like woolly circumcised penises. Or maybe I just haven’t had any in a while.
November 17, 2012 at 8:01 am
But, what what go with with shoes not?
If Toes Warmers to with with shoes, then Glingers to with with purse? But what not to with with purse not match match shoes? Not out out?
Need need hat too too, because too too cold out out. Hat to with with head, but lost lost head many many years ago.
So it hurts when when I sneeze.
November 18, 2012 at 11:10 am
In my family, we’ve always used the expression “toe cover” to mean something utterly useless.
November 19, 2012 at 8:56 am
Except that mohair socks usually cost about $30+ (sometimes $50 – $80 if they are hand-knit). So you won’t be saving any money by doing that. I’m not saying that toe covers are a good idea, but cheap machine-made cotton socks (the sort of thing you get at a store) are nowhere near the same thing as mohair, much less hand-knit mohair.
December 16, 2012 at 2:15 pm
December 16, 2012 at 2:17 pm
^ step 3
January 8, 2013 at 5:28 pm
this is a great idea! cause you can sell the rest of the sock as a $12 wrist-warmer!