FlaxSox, Thin Breathable Organic Linen Socks for Men, Pack of 3 (Size: Small)

Present for my wife who wears lots of linen. She loves them.

Size: SmallTo be evaluated as 100% linen socks, these would have to be 100% linen socks. Since they aren't, they can only ever get one star for the category...The socks have an incredible amount of stretch - very springy stretch, the texture is wrong, and the way the weave looks is wrong. If anything it looks like nylon stockings dressed up as socks with some linen thrown in.My intention was to use them as summer hiking socks, and the only thing that interested me about these socks were that they were 100% linen - really, that they were 100% anything non-synthetic; I might even have tried leather socks out of desperation. ' I took some photos of the socks next to a 100% linen pillowcase, and a cotton/linen blend shirt. I did a stretch test. It's not a very precise measurement, but it's accurate. The socks stretch to a ridiculous size, while the actual linen items don't have much stretch - and the linen one gets some stretch just because it tends to wrinkle, and the wrinkles expand when it's stretched.I noticed quality issues when I was looking through the pictures - small holes, defects in the stitching - little things that would probably cause the sock to develop holes or come apart pretty quickly in its life.I'd bet these have a significant amount of spandex; if not then polyester or nylon. Probably a combination, and probably they do have SOME linen.I hope that "FlaxSox" isn't knowingly selling people socks with synthetic fibers but advertising them as 100% linen. Someone could have a serious sensitivity or allergy, and get very sick from buying these socks.