Socks need washing every wear. Here is why, what to look for, and what to do between washes instead of running another cycle.
Feet produce more sweat per square centimetre than almost anywhere else on the body, and socks absorb all of it.
every wear
Wash it now if
None. Wool socks are the one partial exception and even they only stretch to two wears in cool weather.
Warm, with like colours. Wash wool socks on the wool cycle or they felt and stop fitting.
Every wear. Feet produce more sweat per square centimetre than almost anywhere else on the body, and socks absorb all of it.
None. Wool socks are the one partial exception and even they only stretch to two wears in cool weather.
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