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  • Tender Co. Hand-Dyed Black Logwood Wattle Tanned Leather Wallet
  • Tender Co. White Cotton Cambric Bias Cut Boxer Shorts
  • Tender Co. Woad Dyed Bank Note Cambric Boxer Shorts
  • Natasha Kroll at the University of Brighton Design Archives for Tender Co. Printed Tote Bag
  • Natasha Kroll at The University of Brighton Design Archives Tshirt
  • Tender Co. Ecru Left Hand Twill Jumbo Tote Bag
  • Tender Co. & For Holding Up The Trousers elasticated belt
  • Tender Co. Oak Bark-Tanned Leather Watch Strap
  • Tender Co. Pure Beeswax Candle, Alight
  • Tender Co. Pure Mutton Tallow Boot Grease
  • Tender Co. Black Striped Ticking Bias Cut Boxer Shorts
  • Tender Co. Bronze Hook Buckle Oak Bark Leather Belt
  • Tender Co. Black Dial Everest Hands-On Mechanical Watch
  • Tender Co. S Bend Key Hook
  • Tender Co. Lost Wax Cast Brass Guard's Whistle
  • Tender Co. Natural Cow Horn Comb with a Selvage Denim Bag
  • Tender Co. Flat Top Black Cotton Acetate Sunglasses
  • Tender Co. Mattress Ticking Jumbo Tote Bag
  • Tender Co. Hand Thrown Red Clay Milk Jug
  • Tender Co. Lost Wax-Cast Brass Loops Cotton Webbing Belt
  • Tender Co. & For Holding Up The Trousers sun-bleached suspenders woad dyed shirt, with rubber buttons leaving their shadows
  • Tender Co. Ecru Unborn Hand-Linked Cotton Socks
  • Tender Co. Mock Turtle Flat Top Hand Made Cotton Acetate Sunglasses
  • Tender Co. Hand Dyed Woad Mattress Ticking Tote Bag
  • Tender Co. Hand Thrown Sgraffito Coffee Mug
  • Tender Co. Bronze 'Stud' Buckle Brown Stained Oak Bark Leather Belt
  • Tender Co. Cobalt Glazed Red Clay Beaker
  • Tender Co. Black Striped Welsh Woollen Flannel Bias Bound Scarf
  • Tender Co. Brown Stained Oak Bark Leather Bronze S Buckle Belt
  • Tender Co. Wattle Tanned Gold Embossed Wallet
  • Chris Brown for Tender Co. Signed 'Elephant Scooter' Bandana
  • Tender Co. Sweet Chestnut and Oak Bark Leather Tray
  • Tender Co. Mouth-Blown Spirits Glass with Gin
  • Tender Co. Hand Painted Black Logwood Dyed Stripe T Shirt
  • Tender Co. Hand-Incised Sgraffito Bowl
  • Tender Co. Natural Black Lambswool Bear
  • Tender Co. Hand Dyed Woad Left Hand Twill Cotton Tote Bag
  • Tender Co. Bronze 'Wire' Buckle Brown Stained Oak Bark Leather Belt
  • Tender Co. Navy Welsh Woollen Flannel Bias Bound Scarf
  • Tender Co. Cobalt Glazed Hand Thrown Mug
  • Tender Co. Mouth Blown Glass Tumbler
  • Tender Co. Mock Turtle Hand Made Cotton Acetate Round Top Sunglasses
  • Tender Co. Hand Thrown Flowerpot
  • Tender Co. Hand Painted Purple Logwood Dyed Vest
  • Tender Co. Hand Painted Black Logwood Dyed Vest
  • Tender Co. Sgraffito Sheep Beaker
  • Tender Co. Natural Ecru Welsh Woollen Flannel Bias Bound Scarf
  • Natasha Kroll at The University of Bright Design Archives for Tender Co. Bandana
  • Tender Co. Bronze 'Keeper' Buckle Brown Stained Oak Bark Tanned Leather Belt
  • Tender Co. Sweet Chestnut Trestles
  • Tender Co. Wattle Tanned Leather Fishtail Coin Purse
  • Tender Co. Flowerpot Dyed Left-Hand-Twill Cap
  • Tender Co. & The Hill-Side Dab Enamelled Lost Wax Cast Brass Woggle
  • Tender Co. Hands-On Mechanical Wristwatch
  • Tender Co. Woad Dyed Hand-Linked Cotton Socks
  • Tender Co. Brown Welsh Woollen Flannel Bias Bound Scarf
  • Tender Co. Black Logwood Dyed Hand-Linked Cotton Socks
  • Tender Co. Hand Made Cotton Acetate Sunglasses
  • Tender Co. Wattle Tanned Suede Wallet
  • Tender Co. Hand Thrown English Red Clay Coffee Mug
  • Tender Co. Hand Painted Purple Logwood Dyed T Shirt

WOAD DYED HAND LINKED COTTON SOCKS

£25.00 (inc VAT) £20.83 (exc VAT)

Tender's rib socks are knitted and hand linked in England from raw unbleached cotton and nylon yarns, then dip dyed by hand with woad indigo from the South of France. 

Traditional hosiery (like these socks) is knitted as a long continuous tube of many socks, which are then cut apart into individual socks. These are then linked, which means that the open sock has the two sides knitted together, leaving a flat, seamless, join at the toe. Linking requires the operator to loop every corresponding stitch of the top and bottom of the sock, by hand, onto a knitting machine. 

Tender's socks are made with a loop-back, or terry, double knit sole. This makes them especially comfortable, and appropriate to wear even with heavy boots.

The socks are knitted from a blend of 100% cotton and 100% nylon yarns (rather than being knitted from yarns which themselves are blended). The natural dye is only taken up by the cotton yarn, leaving the nylon yarn undyed, creating a subtle marl effect which is accentuated when the rib of the socks is stretched open, while they are being worn.

Tender's hand linked cushion-sole socks are also available dyed black with logwood, and 'Unborn'. Bias cut cotton satin boxer shorts are also available dyed with woad.

 

 

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