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• ASICS socks – Maximize Running Comfort
  Known initially for their shoes and then their outerwear, ASICS socks have also become big sellers to the running world. The sock company name is actually an acronym for the famous Latin phrase, Anima Sana In Corpore Sana which translates to A Sound Mind in a Sound Body, and this is an organisation all about helping us achieve that sound body through exercise. This athletic shoe company was formed in 1949 in Japan, with its products first shipped to the American continent in 1977. In recent years they have been manufacturing both men’s and women’s exercise outerwear, underwear and socks in addition to their popular shoe products.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: 11/10/2005



• Sock Washing Methods – Top Class Laundering Techniques
  You may end up with some bad results when you forget the thumb rule of separating your whites from your colors while doing the laundry. This would yield some unfortunate results like your beautiful snow-white socks tinged with all colors of the rainbow or worse still, with streaks of black or brown. Do not worry, a new reagent, engineered to work in the hot and soapy environment of a washing machine is here to revolutionize sock washing methods.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: 14/05/2005



• Foot Care Tips – Take Care Of Your Sole
  The human foot is one part of the body that endures amazing levels of stress in daily activity. Long distance runners, athletes and people whose occupations involve long periods on their feet often suffer from foot problems. Check with there foot care tips with suggestions and treatment for various foot complaints to relieve your feet. The foot care tips given below are a collection of suggestions and precautions to help keep your feet healthy.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: 25/04/2005



• Online Sock Store – A Wide Selection And Easy To Navigate
  The Internet's oldest designer and name brand hosiery e-commerce site will re-launch in February as AlexBlake.com, the company announced today. The new site will offer the widest selection of name-brand hosiery products available anywhere.
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 22/10/2003



• Thermal Winter Sock – Keep Your Feet Warm
  As winter settles in and temperatures continue to drop, Americans need to be conscious of their choices in protective footwear. Wearing proper footwear in cold winter weather is just as important as bundling up in your jacket, gloves, and hat. The importance of wearing proper footwear cannot be overstated, particularly during the winter months. Winter conditions such as icy walkways and freezing temperatures pose a host of problems for feet, including the possibility of frostbite and ankle sprains or strains. There are a few suggestions for the proper care of feet during cold weather:
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 20/10/2003



• Major hosiery manufacturers and supply companies
  International Hosiery Exposition at the Charlotte Convention Center, was driven by the sponsorship support of several major hosiery manufacturing and supply companies. Close to 500 industry executives and retailers attended the high-energy runway event, which provided key directional trends in men’s, women’s and children’s hosiery for Fall 2003 and beyond.
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 16/10/2003



• Sock Washing Method – Keep Those Original Colors
  An important rule of thumb when doing the laundry is to always separate your whites from your colors. Accidents happen, however, and as a result white socks can often emerge from the washer a lovely tinge of pink. Unlikely though it may sound, help may be on its way from a type of mushroom. Joel Cherry and colleagues have taken an inkcap mushroom peroxidase that can remove stains from clothing and have engineered it so that it works in the hot and soapy environment of a washing machine.
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 30/09/2003



• Sock Knitting Books – Inventive Knitters
  First, for those who are not familiar with Joyce Williams, let me offer my humble opinion that she is one of the most inventive knitters alive today. Joyce has an amazing ability to solve little nagging problems that have been deemed unsolvable by the greater universe of knitters. This book is chock full of these solutions.
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 21/08/2005



• History Of The Sock – Strips Of Cloth
  Socks began as strips of cloth or hide, called leggings, and were wrapped around the legs and feet.
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 01/03/2006



• Sock Organizer – Ease Clutter And Save Time
  Invention Submission Corporation announces that two of its clients, inventors from Durban, South Africa, have created an improved method for storing socks, underwear, belts, dish towels, baby clothes, pantyhose and the like. A prototype exists.
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 25/09/2003



• Sock Calandar – Unique And Appealing
  Tall-ship sailor and knitting pattern publisher team up for THE SOCK CALENDAR, a uniquely appealing combo of multi-year calendar, write-in journal and sock-knitting pattern book
  Author: Rony Swede - Date: 25/09/2003