Incredible Darned and Darned and Darned Child's Sock mended shoe In any event

In any event

These Tibetan boots date to the late 19th century

with its bold

with a fair number of tiny bubbles in the glass) and the whimsy date to the late 19th century or so

Incredible Darned and Darned and Darned Child's Sock mended shoe In any eventI wouldn't have predicted one of my favorite finds ever would be a dirty old sock, but what a sock this is! Darned and darned and darned some more, heel, toe, top, bottom, and up the back pure darning terminating in a point that makes the whole think look a little like a Jack in the Pulpit. What a wonder, and about as pure an embodiment of endurance, and resilience, and labor born of necessity as one could imagine. Though not the least bit religious,