More on the fleece tabi front
Feb. 27th, 2008 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdymonkey""Two standing orders in this platoon: One, take good care of your feet, Two, try not to do anything stupid, like getting yourself killed." - Lieutenant Dan, Forrest Gump.
The good Lieutentant was on to something.
My Sol Socks, ordered Sunday evening, arrived in this afternoon's mail - postmark is North Carolina, sent first class mail - you can't say they didn't get the order out fast.
I ordered a pair each of the Ivory and the light Heather, both size medium, both light-weight fleece.
Sizing: Medium says women's 9 -10.5 or men's 8 - 9.5 on the packaging. I take a women's 8.5 - 9 shoe and I'd say if you're at the high end of the size range, you might want to go the next size up. There's plenty of stretch widthwise, less lengthwise.
Color. The "Ivory" is just that, ivory, not white. The light Heather is very neutral and innoffensive, sort of Pennsic-Dirt Beige. My monitor read the photo on Sol Socks' website made the Heather look greyish, but it's definitely in the brown range.
Label. There's a bright green blue and gold brand logo label on the outer cuff of the right sock only. It's serged onto the sock - easiest thing would be to simply cut the tag off.
Fleece weight - light-weight is what it says. Sol Socks says their fleece is made by Malden Mills - these are the folks who manufacture Polartec and Polarfleece brands. Thin without being flimsy, I think they'll be just the thing for really cold events.
Authenticity? Well, no, of course not. Modern construction, modern materials. On the other hand, there are two standing orders in this platoon....
The good Lieutentant was on to something.
My Sol Socks, ordered Sunday evening, arrived in this afternoon's mail - postmark is North Carolina, sent first class mail - you can't say they didn't get the order out fast.
I ordered a pair each of the Ivory and the light Heather, both size medium, both light-weight fleece.
Sizing: Medium says women's 9 -10.5 or men's 8 - 9.5 on the packaging. I take a women's 8.5 - 9 shoe and I'd say if you're at the high end of the size range, you might want to go the next size up. There's plenty of stretch widthwise, less lengthwise.
Color. The "Ivory" is just that, ivory, not white. The light Heather is very neutral and innoffensive, sort of Pennsic-Dirt Beige. My monitor read the photo on Sol Socks' website made the Heather look greyish, but it's definitely in the brown range.
Label. There's a bright green blue and gold brand logo label on the outer cuff of the right sock only. It's serged onto the sock - easiest thing would be to simply cut the tag off.
Fleece weight - light-weight is what it says. Sol Socks says their fleece is made by Malden Mills - these are the folks who manufacture Polartec and Polarfleece brands. Thin without being flimsy, I think they'll be just the thing for really cold events.
Authenticity? Well, no, of course not. Modern construction, modern materials. On the other hand, there are two standing orders in this platoon....
