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The Perfect Number of Socks

gtdjedi | Feb 16 2007

Now that my desk is tamed (mostly) I've turned to taming my socks. Somehow my socks drawer has swollen to nearly 60 pair. After cutting them in half I'm now trying to pick the perfect number.

Though a trivial question it really is a microcosm for stripping out the crap....any thoughts?

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Some knitters will create socks...

Submitted by Carla on February 26, 2007 - 11:46am.

Some knitters will create socks that look alike, but don't match exactly (stripe pattern, etc.) so, in an emergency, you have two that coordinate, if nothing else. A little pile of just-in-cases. :)

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