The familiar speech of the salesgirl about there being a ‘long one in each box’ is based on a fallacy. At first I resisted; because, I suppose, my rational mind would not accept being covered in mud from head to toe after a 40km ride? I always assumed “pantyhose” was the american word for “tights”, which is the only kind we* use in the UK. I know now that the Merino was keeping in the warmth, wicking away sweat and thus heating up my feetsies.

When I came to the first heel, everything went fairly smoothly, except that I missed the note to knit the gusset decrease in the back of the stitches for the right side, so there are a few wiggles in the gusset seam. With the exception of one large southern law firm, I’ve never known any workplace that expected hosiery to be worn. Nylon was indeed invented in NYC but the name (warning: letdown ahead) is just randomly chosen letters, ending in ‘on’ as most fabrics were. width="63" colspan="1" rowspan="1">

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