Tender’s rib wool socks are knitted and hand linked in England natural unbleached woollen yarn, with nylon for durability, then dyed with natural dyes.
Traditional hosiery (like these socks) is knitted as a long continuous tube of many socks, which are then cut apart into individual socks. These are then linked, which means that the open sock has the two sides knitted together, leaving a flat, seamless, join at the toe. Linking requires the operator to loop every corresponding stitch of the top and bottom of the sock, by hand, onto a knitting machine.
Tender’s socks are made with a loop-back, or terry, double knit sole. This makes them especially comfortable, and appropriate to wear with lighter shoes or heavy boots.
These are wool socks are hand dyed using natural indigo in Kojima, Japan. While dying the fabric is tightly gripped in one spot and this area is the bright undyed area. this becomes a nice detail and a tribute to the craftsmanship behind the process of dyeing these.
As with all natural colors the indigo is less predictable than modern synthetic dyes and any colour transfer inconsistency, irregularity or fading is a desirable characteristic.
Please note that the colour in natural dyed socks may transfer for the first few wears- we recommend washing cool, with similar colours, and not wearing with light coloured shoes until the socks have been washed.
- Tender Rib Socks Wool Yarn Achilles' Heel Indigo Dyed
- One size fits most
- 100% Wool
- Hand dyed with natural indigo in Kojima, Japan
- Kinitted in England
