Reference — Werk en schoenen
Everything on this page is a measurement or a limit. It is the reference behind every product page: what terry height means, what fabric weight does and does not tell you, how shaft height relates to a boot collar, and where a sock stops being the answer.
These are socks, not personal protective equipment. They provide no protection against workplace hazards. If your job requires certified protective equipment, your employer must supply equipment that meets the applicable standard.
01 — The boundary
This is the most important section on the site, so it comes first rather than last.
Regulation (EU) 2016/425 governs personal protective equipment. Nothing on this site falls within it. Our socks resist nothing: not impact, not cuts, not punctures, not static, not flame, not chemicals. We reference no protective standard number anywhere on this site, because no protective standard applies to a sock. If your work requires certified protective equipment, your employer must supply equipment that meets the applicable standard.
We make no claim that any product treats, prevents, relieves or improves any condition. We do not describe any product as suitable for any diagnosis. If you have a circulatory or nerve condition affecting your feet, that is a conversation with a doctor.
A closed shoe worn for eight hours holds moisture, and a sealed rubber boot holds all of it. Thinner knits and moisture-moving yarns hold less water than heavy cotton does. That is the honest ceiling: less material to hold moisture, not dry feet.
Blisters come from friction, moisture, shoe fit and gait acting together. A seamless toe removes one common source of rubbing. It does not remove the others, and no sock we sell will stop a badly fitting boot from causing one.
02 — Footwear
The shoe decides more than the sock does. Each of these fails in a different way, which is why the range is organised around them.
03 — Cushioning
Terry is a loop of yarn knitted into the inside face of the sock. Loop height is measured flat and uncompressed, which is the only way it can be measured consistently. Under load it compresses; a 5 mm loop does not hold 5 mm of air under your foot all shift.
2 mm
Noticeable but takes almost no room. Fits a shoe you already own.
3 mm
The most common answer for a standard standing shift.
4–5 mm
For long shifts in rigid footwear with room to spare. Close to half a size of fit.
Terry takes up room. If your shoe is already snug, more cushioning makes the fit worse, not better, and a tight shoe causes more problems than a thin sock does. Check the room you have before buying up the scale.
04 — Weight
Weight in g/m² is the mass of a square metre of the knitted fabric. It is the one figure that can be measured the same way across every wool product here, which is why the cold line is built on it.
Weight tells you how much material is there. It does not tell you how warm you will feel. Two people in the same 350 g/m² sock, in the same cold store, will report different things, because footwear, how much they move and their own circulation all change the answer.
A heavy sock in a boot with no spare room is also counterproductive: compress the fabric hard enough and you lose both the loft and the fit. Room in the boot comes first, weight second.
05 — Height and fit
Shaft height is the distance from the floor to the top of the cuff, measured at EU 42–44 with the sock laid flat. Match it to where your footwear presses.
Four tensions across the range: plain, ribbed, relaxed and extra-loose. If a tight cuff leaves marks on your leg, a looser top may be more comfortable. That is a comfort statement, not a health one.
Wide-fit products are knitted on a broader forefoot last, roughly 20 mm more girth across the ball at every size. Feet also spread through a long shift, which is why we suggest measuring at the end of the day.
06 — Layering
This is the one condition on the site where the honest answer is that no single product solves it.
A rubber boot is sealed. Moisture from your feet has nowhere to go, so it accumulates through the shift regardless of what sock you wear. A thicker sock does not fix this; it holds more of the moisture and takes up more room.
What actually helps is being able to change the layer next to your skin. A thin liner under a separate outer sock lets you swap the liner at a break in under a minute. Two thin pairs you can swap beat one thick pair.
07 — Sizing
EU sizes vary between manufacturers. Foot length in millimetres does not. Every product page carries both.
These are socks, not personal protective equipment. They provide no protection against workplace hazards. If your job requires certified protective equipment, your employer must supply equipment that meets the applicable standard.
Anything on this page you would like explained further, email support@sockshousenl.baby or call +31 73 6496666.