{"id":1784,"date":"2007-08-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-09-19T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T10:01:01","slug":"over-the-knee-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/over-the-knee-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Over the Knee Socks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was bothered by insect bites above my socks and beneath my trousers after doing yard work, until I remembered the British Army wore thick, knee-high socks in Africa during WWII as protection against fleabites. So I found a great source for extra long (&#8220;over-the-knee&#8221; or OTK) socks that I roll over into a cuff below the knee, as the British did. These are 85% cotton, 15% Lycra, so they do shrink, but there&#8217;s enough extra length in them that they will stay up even after going through a dryer.<\/p>\n<p>These OTKs have proven effective for me and aren&#8217;t too hot to wear in the summer in Seattle, where it rarely goes above 90 and the humidity is low. Elsewhere, heat might be a problem. In cooler weather, I&#8217;ve found I appreciate the extra warmth, so I&#8217;ll stick with them when the buggy season ends.<\/p>\n<p>Before finding these, I tried a variety of socks from several military clothing suppliers. I ordered five pairs of two different types of &#8220;boot socks,&#8221; a cheap three-pack ($2.60\/pair) and a Kevlar sock ($5.95\/pair). The problem was that all of these came only 3\/4 or maybe 4\/5 of the way up to the knee (before washing). I next tried $5 men&#8217;s &#8220;knee-highs&#8221; from Sock Dreams. They were effective at first, but shrank after going through the washer and dryer to two inches below my knee, so I still got bug bites above their tops (I&#8217;m 6&#8217;2&#8243;). If you are 5&#8217;8&#8243; or less, the knee-highs should work.<\/p>\n<p>Sock Dreams has no shipping charge, regardless of order size. They also offer an incredibly wide variety of colors, including plum and bubblegum; I went for navy and charcoal.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insect armor for the legs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}