my friend matthew once told me he sometimes pictured me "sitting around knitting angrily to the ramones". i think it was this type of sock he might have been imagining me knitting. whenever i worked on 'em, i had devo's "girl u want" in my head. they have already been worth the time i put into them in terms of pure pleasure of looking down at them. they are, however, a bit of a flop, literally -- rather loose, and while i can get shoes on over them, they don't feel good. too bulky, too floppy. i spend most of my time shoeless and indoors anyway, and i do love to have these on then.