Don’t want to flex too hard, but we knew Jen was a teacher because she taught some of our kids. Kind soul. Asked us if we could help her mission to support the community. Absolutely. And her kindness can be rewarded. But that’s between she and us.
So excited to announce my new collaboration! I'm partnering with Darn Tough Socks to produce a sock inspired by Bernie's mittens!! 100% of the proceeds go to the Vermont Foodbank! I've seen a sneak peek of the design and it's AMAZING! Stay tuned!
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World lost a good one today. Zoe was pretty much Darn Tough’s original office dog. She’s the only one we’ve ever called out by name in stuff we put out. Yellow Lab. Kind beyond words. Would definitely eat your trash. Legend.
There is no sock sale this year. We made that decision a few months back. While it seemed maybe we could have, recently VT’s streak of CoVid success has slipped. We are back to focused diligence. Online? Nah, we have local retailers that would not be amused. Rightfully.
Would like to give a shout out to Laura Ducas, a woman that’s worked at our Mill for roughly 40 years. Unassuming, and dedicated. Takes a lot to evolve with a business over decades. May not lead a revolution, but is a pioneer in defining who we are and our values.
We hit a limit with the
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Bernie-mitten sock. We have quite a bit of knitting to do. Luckily it’s so cold rn that sounds perfect. And so does a meal. Thank you all so much for raising money for
@VermontFoodbank
. It’s an honor. Truly.
If you heard, we did lay nearly 50 people off today. It’s been a long time since we’ve done this. We are manufacturing, and this does happen. The world has some heavy issues, and we don’t mean to distract from that. But we own up regardless.
If Luke had been wearing Merino Wool socks there’s a good chance he wouldn’t have had to spend the night inside a Tauntaun and that’s just big Hoth facts.
Our sock care instructions say not to use bleach, so we kinda figured we didn’t need to make an official statement about not drinking it. We believe in you.
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will add a new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Waterbury to its production next year, and expects to have 100 people working at the new site in 2021.
Kinda feeling like our durability thing is really, really getting tested right now in home office/schools. You guys aren’t wearing shoes, right? Or jeans?
We are shutting things down. Right now, if this is what keeps us safe - all of us - this is what we will do. Payroll continues. Details currently are as such:
Our neighbors need our help so today through Friday, 7/21, all proceeds from sales on will be donated to the Vermont Flood Response and Recovery Fund. If you are able, please consider purchasing some socks. Thank you.
All we’re saying is, starting about now, as Vermonters, we encase our feet in rubber for 13 months of winter. We know about moisture wicking, anti microbial fibers.
If you’ve been toying with the idea of pulling together a long walk on the Appalachian Trail, you could start with some of our socks and see how that feels.
We keep this feed pretty clean, so feeling good about this shameless plug for a new sock we’re knitting to benefit the VT Foodbank. 100 percent of the sales go to them each week. They are in need of help, and this helps.
You think if you have a few pairs of the same socks, the original partners meet back up in the laundry once in a while and get excited and share stories like old college buddies?
Sometimes you just gotta pull your socks up as high as they’ll go and live in that moment. This is literal, not a metaphor for life. It’s like cracking your knuckles.
You guys have ordered a fair amount of the
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Jenerosity sock. Any guesses? Price-is-Right rules? Which is you can’t go over, right?
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will be hyped.
One of our product guys just finished The Long Trail in 9 days. He’ll tell you it was actually 8 days 18 hours or something like that but we just say 9. Said he wore socks the whole time.
Taking advantage of this time to study if the dog hair that collects on the bottom of your socks over several days helps with durability or is just gross.
Not sure who needs to hear this right now, but if you’re wearing more than one pair of cotton socks at the same time, you need help. Please call 1-877-327-6883 for counseling.
If you’re headed to the garage in single-digit temps to fire up the snowblower that’s been sitting with a half tank of gas all year, slip on some warm socks as to not torture yourself too much. It’ll be a nice little treat.