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#87337 - 09/04/06 06:48 PM Knee socks
Di Member Registered: 11/15/05 Posts: 2798 Loc: NM, transplant from NJ	I wear them a lot around here. We do the farmer's market in the winter as well. LOVE my knee socks! Back then, if the top elastic was stretched out, we used rubber bands to hold them up. TEll me no one else did that!! _________________________ Southwest Body Gear here ~ NEWLY updated website with many new products!
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#87338 - 09/04/06 07:37 PM Re: Knee socks [Re: Di]
Mountain Ash Member Registered: 12/30/05 Posts: 3027	I had hand knitted top socks.The next year Granny refooted them.There was shade difference and I hated that.This went on each winter until I was twelve.I vowed that if I had a daughter she would NOT have these to wear. The garters were made of one inch elastic to fit my calf..I hung them up each night on a tap for the boiler..Everything in my birth home had its place like a well run machine. I do however have long socks I wear under trousers in winter and no.....I have no garters. Mountain Ash
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#87339 - 09/04/06 07:43 PM Re: Knee socks [Re: Mountain Ash]
flossie Member Registered: 03/02/06 Posts: 166 Loc: New Zealand	Mountain Ash....did you grow up in the UK? Do you mind spilling the beans and telling me what era you grew up in?
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#87340 - 09/04/06 08:42 PM Re: Knee socks [Re: flossie]
Pam R. Member Registered: 03/10/06 Posts: 404	Yep Di...I wore those knee socks especially with my Catholic School uniform (navy blue). And, when they stretched out we all used rubber bands to hold them up. When I think of it now, I never remember worrying about stopping our circulation but I bet it hurt!!!! _________________________ Pam
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#87341 - 09/04/06 10:38 PM Re: Knee socks [Re: Pam R.]
chatty lady Writer Registered: 02/24/04 Posts: 20267 Loc: Nevada	I wore navy knee socks to school and still as an adult under slacks or jeans, in the Midwest where the winters were so cold they about froze us to death. Here in Vegas when the nights get chilly, even now I wear knee socks, and a cotton sleep shirt (long t-shirt) around the house. _________________________ Take a peek at my BLOG: http://charleen-micheles.blogspot.com/
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#87342 - 09/04/06 10:58 PM Re: Knee socks [Re: chatty lady]
Jane_Carroll member Registered: 07/06/06 Posts: 1521 Loc: Alabama	Di, We wore knee socks here in Alabama as well. And we used the occassional rubber band when the elastic stretched. I don't own any now except for one pair of purple and yellow striped ones left over from my college days. They're full of holes so I don't wear them...just couldn't get rid of them, either. _________________________ Jane Carroll
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#87343 - 09/05/06 02:54 PM Re: Knee socks [Re: Jane_Carroll]
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	If the elastic was worn, we'd roll them down and really get on the nuns nerves. I wore those navy blue babies for 13 years. I do recall a year when white knee highs were permitted. Do you remember wearing the white, wool, really thick, low socks? They were real popular for a few years too. Who made them? Can anyone recall? I bet my older sister would. Was it Adlers? Hmmm.... _________________________ Founder Emeritus of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com
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#87344 - 09/05/06 11:08 PM Re: Knee socks
Anno Member Registered: 09/15/05 Posts: 4434 Loc: Minneapolis Minnesota	Don't remember the thick, white wool socks, but knee socks for sure! Rubber bands, too, and after you took those socks and rubber bands off, I would itch my skin for what seemed like hours! Thank God for collegen in our skin or I would still have those deep, red indents just under my knees. _________________________ Follow our story of living, loving and laughing with a debilitating disease: http://www.multiplesystematrophyandshy-drager.blogspot.com
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#87345 - 09/06/06 10:47 AM Re: Knee socks [Re: Anno]
dejavu journeyman Registered: 08/16/06 Posts: 319	I wore knee socks all through grade school, and even in early high school they were still popular with the plaid pleated kilts. However, by the time I finished high school, they'd been mostly replaced with tights and pantyhose. Good thing, too, because the skirts got shorter and shorter and shorter.... _________________________ My website http://www.carolynagosta.com
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