"Kaos Kaki" or Socks in English: Brief History and Usability

Socks is a garment that is made for covering and protecting foot. In Indonesia, Socks is called Kaos Kaki. Socks is designed for variety uses, such as to absorb sweat from the foot. Socks usually made from cotton, wool, or polypropylene, or sometimes Nylon. There are variety of color and socks types.

Socks model and fabric always changes from time to time. In the earliest model, it's made from animal skin. As it's stated in Wikipedia: "Socks have evolved over the centuries from the earliest model which were made from animal skin gathered up and tied around the ankles.." In Egypt (around 8 BC), socks is believed to be worn only by comedian. As the time goes, socks is used only for particular group of people, usually the wealthy one. In 17th Century, cotton is became a popular fabric that is used for creating socks, whereas Americans used wool and silk. Now there are more than a thousand types of socks in around the world.

China, became one of the biggest socks producer in the world. With it's cheap price, even as low as 20 cents or less, we can get a pair of socks.

Nowadays, there is a new type of socks, called compression socks. What is compression socks anyway? Its a special socks designed to provide support for increasing blood circulation. The main idea for the socks is to provide graduated pressure on the lower leg and foot, as stated in the article.

There are a lot of uses of old socks. It can be used for cleaning or mopping the wood furniture, the socks fabric is an excellent fabric for cleaning the furniture. With a little bit of creativity, we can even use it as a hand puppet. So, don't throw away your old socks.

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