A sock is an item of clothing worn on the feet and often covering the ankle or some part of the calf. Socks can be worn around the house, but when you venture beyond the home, some type of shoe or boot is typically worn over socks.
One of the roles of socks is absorbing perspiration. The foot is among the heaviest producers of sweat in the body.
In cold environments, socks made from wool insulate the foot. Did you know that "cashmere" is a type of wool. Well, it is. In fact, it is even more warm than most wool.
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids. A cashmere goat is a breed of goat that produces cashmere wool. In modern time their are several different cashmere producing goat breeds. The Changthangi or Pashmina goat is found in Ladakh and Baltistan (Kashmir region). They are raised for cashmere production and used as pack animals. The breed is most often white, but black, gray and brown animals also occur. The region of "Kashmir" is the source of the word "cashmere".
Socks can be created from a wide variety of materials, such as cotton, wool, nylon, acrylic, polyester, olefins, (such as polypropylene), or spandex. To get an increased level of softness other materials that might be used during the process can be silk, bamboo, linen, cashmere, or mohair.
Learn more about the benefits of wool. You will gain a better understanding of why wool socks are awesome.
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