So I am interested in learning how to make socks.
It cannot be that hard.... First of all, HA! WTF is going on with all of that? Still gonna try.
Noggin gets to kicking though and realize that machines make most of the stuff now and I am curious because all of this innovation and some how things keep getting more expensive.... I am pretty sure Ford came up with the assembly line to make manufacturing more efficient to offset wages in a positive manner while lowering consumer price..
So like I guess like a couple questions about socks... Anyone know what their deal is or whatever?
There are many videos about sewing socks.
I don't understand why you created a post about this but wasn't interested enough to do a five second browser search to answer your questions.
My guy, I have downloaded books on the subject. Just before posting this actually. It is what got me wondering about why innovation has only gotten more expensive when it's design is based quite literally on true capitalism which is providing the best possible quality content at the lowest possible price to help support the entire community instead of an oligarchich few, considering that slavery is at least partly driving the market surplus things should be much cheaper, like the electronic sock maker I was looking to purchase the other day.... Bringing me to WTF is actually going on with socks? Have you watched one of those videos. Maybe I just zone out but it's all we are making a tube with yarn, witchcraft, and there you have a sock! Then the book has you starting at the toe but you have to be able to count to a thousand TWICE, with two pieces of yarn on the same needle, alternating! It's actually like 8, but it might as well be 1000. F ME, man.. Maybe $1,800 is cheap AF for a sock maker....
It hasn't.
China has made consumer products ridiculously cheap.
You did. There are plenty of knitting patterns for woolen socks if you want to pick your own cotton and spin it into wool.
If you want to make cotton fabric then that's altogether a more complex process.
All of these problems can be answered with a single browser search.
Spinning looks far easier than knitting, over all. The cleaning and drying process, also the collection is a bit above my stamina level though. Anything requiring a loom is simply out of the question.
That is just it though, nothing has actually gotten cheaper, they just provide it cheaper than we can in the states given their lack of laws governing production and those that do not follow the law anyway, over all it has still gotten more expensive. Blame it on this or that but everything has become nothing but easier to produce and has consistently gone up in price. Consider the work required to knit socks, it isn't simple, though a skilled individual might be able to produce many quickly. The cost of the raw product (considering quality and type) and the labor have plateaued while the cost of the finished product (consider that some labor is now completely automated, invented to lower cost to improve quality overall) has gone up. If inflation is to pay off debt then why do we keep raising the debt ceiling?
Wrong. You'll need to spin both cotton and yarn.
I quit at this point. You need to do your own homework if you're truly interested.
Are you out of your Gourd? I can send you one of mine. I have considered growing cotton so perhaps I will need to learn spinning. To me it looks easier, just tedious and time consuming. It doesn't require numbers and counting. I already have some yarn and plan on getting more. Do you know when they wont be selling it anymore, I need to get some more before I start trying to learn socks. I might have a sock loom.... I'LL BE!! Well, it isn't for linen anyway!
I think we have a 4chan troll on our hands here Frens.
Not complaining, I found it quite entertaining 🤪
I couldn't figure 4chan out.
I do not mean to troll either, just walking you through my process. Wasn't sure how to ask without including all the considered variables to my question, though many were omitted to make it legible in a single sitting. I am literal confusion while equally interested in learning the miracle that is socks, because that is like rocket science to me right now.
Well, you've certainly brought a smile to my face this morning.
For what it's worth, a kind lady at a place I worked knitted me a pair of socks once, I don't wear them because they lack elasticated tops, so don't forget about the elastic!
Yea, I might pass then. All these extra steps! I am not against paying for socks but why so expensive?
Simple, we used to live in a world where a company's profits were around 10%.
If the company became more profitable they would pass those savings on to their customers.
Nowadays they charge what the market will bear, so we have items that cost 10p/15c to make, yet sell for £20/$30, because they can.
The UK is often referred to as 'Treasure Island' because we pay so much more for just about eveything than anyone else in the World.
E.g. before fuel prices spiked, we were paying £1.30/litre. That's roughly the equivalent of $6.50/US Gallon, and fuel prices influence the price of everything.
This always bothered me. They are willing to create a surplus in the supply to charge as much as possible for few sales vs offering at a closer to margin price and selling at least a few more units. When you consider that they do charge $20 for something that cost maybe $1 to produce it is almost like they are trying to enforce a class society instead of free market capitalism while shooting themselves in the foot for potential profits through selling more units. I feel like if they sold the ps4 for $150 they would have done far better for profits overall, and potentially even upfront as well if supply was large enough for actual demand vs created demand.
You know anything about socks though?
I think there is a sock making loom that you can get. It's round.
I actually think that I have one but honestly that just means that it is a whole separate can of worms. I will eventually lend time to learning it but simply considering it has me defeated atm. I got ahead of myself!
You could probably find many diy videos at YT or whatever. I’ve learned how to do so many things there. They used to knit them in the old days and darn them when they got holes. I have this one knitted Christmas sock that always fascinates me because my grandma made it and it’s so complex, different lettering and designs with different yarn. It seems like a valuable skill to have, even basic knitting.
I just really want to know two things about socks at the moment. Why, when you open the dryer door are there always a matching pair right at the front? And two, where do the lost socks go?
I adore all of the diy videos available! I am very basic in my knowledge but I have managed a blanket, a pillow and a pot warmer?! (little towel thing that goes under hot pots and pans.... counter protector?) It is pretty exciting to finish a task and have something to keep afterwards, I was a big game fan so the allure of completing a task was always there but having something tangible when finished is icing on the cake!
I do not know but if I had to take a stab at it I would assume that the vortex of heated linens creates a wormhole of static electricity that connects with a parallel universe that has learned how to run off of socks. The two matching at the front of the dryer might be a payment of sorts considering how highly they seem to regard socks over other garments. Perhaps they are trying to teach us some crude construct of their technology that allows them to harness a hidden power in socks that could set the world free from energy dependence. I imagine it cannot be safe to traverse the static induced worm hole, perhaps requiring a socks worth of power, thus making it a requirement that if they are to teach us this valuable lesson they must remove from us one sock at a time to make the journey home. I suspect the power derived from socks could be more than the requirement and that it draws concern that it might be considered an act of aggression to return bits and pieces of sock rather than a whole sock and leaving us in the dark all together. Rather they might store the excess sock when they return to use for future trips and to power their world.
I mean, it's 2022...
I would give you 100 updoots for this if I could. That was awesome.
Glad some enjoyment can come of it!
Even Bob and Abishola order from China...
No idea who those are but you bring up a good point. I got shamed the other day for a purchase I made of a product from China. Why am I receiving blame for the intended consequence of a select group of people that have the influence required to manage such? Am I really supposed to always opt for paying more for something knowing that It would be cheaper and better if regulations didn't make it near impossible to do so here in the first place? China this, China that, my war is with their enablers, not them! My purchase is a symptom of the ailment, not the cause!
Its a comedy show on one of the major networks, pretty funny, it’s called Bob loves Abishola. He runs a sock company, very funny, if you want to check it out. I agree about Chinese products, America has been forced out of most manufacturing because of cheap Chinese products. Trump was bringing manufacturing back, but, now Biden has screwed that up. Chinese crap has no quality and is designed to fail so that you have to re-purchase the items.
The one where the dude marries an African lady! I have seen some of those and they are pretty funny. I like how it also highlights some of the possible outcomes from misunderstanding situations and communications! It's a cute show, but I haven't watched too much of it.
Agree with most of that but I think it was regulations levied on corporations making it near impossible to comply in a fashion that could compete with the outside markets. The same people the levied the regulations got to enjoy kick backs from the displacement of employment while strong arming the little man out all together. They always claimed to reduce taxes but found other ways to recoup that money. Corporation can be wonderful if maintained correctly. It isn't really smart to have competition when your hands are tied behind your back, so I see why many left and failed. The cheap made to fail goods really are the fault of the consumer for purchasing such but they do not normally have the knowledge that spending a little more for quality will save you money over all when factoring quantity.
i dunno i just want to get my little dog to quit stealing socks....lol
I heard that it is because they like your smell and want to keep you close. Which is super cute so awe it's kinda ok, but they gotta chew on that too and now I know it is because it smells like me and it been chewing my hand and you can have the damn sock, I ain't no snack but also stop chewing on your effigy of my foot you little creep!