What comes after Earth Day? An avalanche of socks. A North Carolina nonprofit called Material Return has teamed with Smartwool, a major American clothing producer, to collect 400,000 pairs of socks ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

If you look closely at a pair of Arvin Goods socks, you notice that while they might be green or blue or yellow, it’s not all the same shade all the way through. The tightly knitted threads shift from ...

They look a bit dingy, with a few stains and a couple of tiny holes in the lacework. But the heel, sole and toe are intact. For 211-year-old hand-knitted socks, they are in remarkable condition. The ...