As an Australian with a Finnish mum, I’ve received a bunch of socks like these over the years from an auntie.
They’re the best thing since sliced bread, however my current pair has worn holes in the bottom.
Is there a way to order something similar from an online store or something?
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Not really, I have over 20 pairs of similar woolen socks, since my mom used to with the elderly she would pay them to make me some. Or atleast those look like handmade to my eyes.
A quick search brought up a webstore:
https://www.taitaentehty.fi/villasukat
The site is Finnish only but perhaps you can write to their contact email (info@taitaentehty.fi) to ask whether it would be possible to order internationally?
Another similar case:
https://www.handfinnished.fi/
Contact email: sales@handfinnished.fi
Or you could take up a knitting hobby??
Potentially, although might get pretty expensive with shipping. They’re not that hard to make either. But those look like handmade villasukka, they’re decently available at eg. faires or market square stalls. But since they’re not mass production, they are somewhat more expensive.
I gotta say, I like your style. I love my woolen socks, even in summer. They just so comfy.
My girlfriend makes them.
Lmao whats your shoe size? I make socks frequently and have a pile of ready ones I was planning on donating to church….
I would also check Etsy and Novitaknits, they sell yarn but also ready socks.
There are lots of shops if you search “käsintehdyt villasukat”
[https://www.unisieppari.fi/product/mummojen-kutomat-villasukat/](https://www.unisieppari.fi/product/mummojen-kutomat-villasukat/)
[https://www.sannari.fi/kasintehdyt-villasukat/](https://www.sannari.fi/kasintehdyt-villasukat/)
[https://kauppapaikat.net/Tori/K%C3%A4sintehdyt+villasukat](https://kauppapaikat.net/Tori/K%C3%A4sintehdyt+villasukat)
Here you can order more spesific:
[https://www.pienineulekauppa.com/](https://www.pienineulekauppa.com/)
You can mend them yourself. Some woolen yarn and a needle big enough to fit the yarn are all you need. You just need to criss-cross the yarn in a # pattern across the hole (first up-down then under-over these sideways) so that you use the unbroken stitches as endpoints.
Other fix is making just a new sole. If you know how to knit just do right stitches to make a shape of your sole and then sew it on there.
I’ve done both. My mom has also undone the broken part and redone the foot, but that is pretty advanced.
I too am an Australian with a Finnish mum. I too have copious amounts of hand made socks.
Not really what you asked, but have you considered repairing them. You could mend them back together.