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We’ve shown you how to take care of your socks when they get a hole, but what about everyday ways to keep them happy and whole? The first thing to think of in proper sock care is how you wash them.

We list the washing instructions for our styles in the Fiber Content area on each product page.  More often than not, how you wash a sock can be matched to one of three approaches: stockings, cotton socks and wool socks.

It’s a lot of information, so I’m posting it after the jump.  There’s some great reference that will help keep your socks in their best state as long as possible.  Everybody has their own methods, but these are some basics that most of us Dreamers follow for keeping our socks happy and healthy.

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Sock Dreamer Zaffy & I headed over to the Oregon Convention Center just before noon on Sunday to check out the event and taste all the goodies. In my nearly 17 years in Portland it was my first time to go to the center, so that in itself was an adventure. It’s a nice building with easy indoor parking and some really cool artwork installations including a mosaic of our universe on the floor with a pendulum swinging overhead…

I wore my pair of chocolate socks so we could finally get our own shot of those up
(many thanks to Zaf for shooting them on me!)…

these are the ones we sell and they are not the ones that were sold at the event or given away Sunday morning, though we might bring in the alternate version, if we can, because they sold out on Saturday…

Inside the event it was very crowded so we slowly made our way around sampling the many treats… I think I will aim for arriving earlier next time, maybe even the Friday evening Premier night… but there will be a next time! and just in case Chocolate isn’t a good enough cause this event benefited the World Forestry Center.

By now you might be wondering how the samples were…. tiny, cute, delicious, unexpected (blue cheese brownies!?!), but most of all… the very best thing there was good old fashioned English Toffee made by a little Portland based company named Melting Pot Candy, along with their jalapeno version that kept my throat warm long after we walked away, if you can get some do… they were super tasty!

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Tomorrow evening is the Rose City Rollers’ season opener, with the first intra-league bouts of the 2012 Rose City Rollers home teams’ season.  We’ve been supporting the league since 2006! Time has flown by on the fastest of skates.

This summer we had some socks made especially for us by Gumball Poodle, to show off how much we love the Rose City Rollers.  You may have seen them for sale at a couple derby events, but now even folks who live far away and still call Portland home can show off their pride for their derby home team with I ♥ RCR knee highs!

The images for these socks were shot for us by the lovely Taylor B photography, who not only took some snaps of the I ♥ RCR knee highs, but got some fun shots of other derby favourite styles.

from left to right
• Extraordinary Striped Thigh Highs •
• Top Striped OTK Tubes •
• Dreamy Knee High Tube Sock •

from left to right
• Extraordinary Striped Thigh Highs •
• Dreamer Harlequin Diamond OTKs •
• Extraordinarily Longer Striped Thigh Highs •

There are lots more great derby options, no matter what team you’re on.  Drop us a line if you’re having trouble finding your colours or want help finding just the right socks to rock (refs, we have a lot of great black and white vertical stripes, like these!).

Thank you again, Taylor B photography and goooooooo RCR!

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Last summer I got a very sweet note asking if we’d be interested in collaborating for the local Chocolate Fest… What could be better than chocolate and socks?
…wait, we have a LOCAL chocolate fest?!? how awesome is that? So we worked out a special design with Gumball Poodle to make Chocolate socks in a limited edition just for this event (Yes, they will be different than the ones we sell): the first 150 people to arrive on Sunday, January 22 will get a free pair! We won’t have a booth and we won’t be “working” the event, but some of us will be in there sampling chocolates and having a great time… hope to see you there!
The Northwest’s Premier Chocolate Festival

OREGON CONVENTION CENTER
Portland, Oregon
January 20 – 22, 2012
http://chocolatefest.org/

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Even if you’re not superstitious, looking at superstitions, omens and myths is kind of fun.  Today is a good excuse to give those Halloween socks an unseasonable day out, but even if you’re not into bats and skulls, there’s a sock to match your favourite superstition.

But it’s probably best to start out with a little luck.

• Snappy Shamrock Garters •
• Sock It To Me Clover Knee High •

Especially before any black cat crosses your path!

Superstitious socks after the jump!

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