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Simple Pleasures Aren’t Simple (See: Knitting)
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The Industrial Revolution Did Not Factor in the Importance of Lump Free Socks
Industrial sock making process was not sophisticated enough to produce smooth toes and heels. This meant that socks of the time were lumpy. Lumps in your socks, on your heels and on your toes, that's the great opportunity to get a blister. Gangrene is a great opportunity to die from gangrene. When british and american soldiers fell ill because of lumpy socks, lord horatio herbert itchener put out a call to allies across the world. If you know how to knit, then it is your patriotic duty to make socks with seamless heels and seamless toes.
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