S Viemeister wrote:
Spamlet wrote:
Having just bought my first pair of wellies since about the winter of
62/3 - or whatever was the really snowy one - I still haven't worked out
how to prevent my socks from ending up in the toes of the wellies. I've
tried pinning the socks to my trousers, but they still manage to slump down
and try to take the trousers with them!

How do the experts manage the trick?


Hand-knitted socks, long enough to come past the curve of the calf, stay
in place very well. Assuming, of course, that the knitter sized them
correctly.


Having worn steel toe capped wellies for years on building sites, I
always buy boot socks (sometimes called "sea boot socks") that are long
enough to be folded over the top of the wellies. They don't fall down.
You wear the socks *outside* your trousers.

For an example of how it's done properly, watch Compo in older series of
"last of the Summer Wine". But don't go to bed in them like he did.

;-)