Sock WholesalersHiking socks manufacturer: a cushioned crew built around a boot
A hiking sock is a cushioning decision first. The listed style is a cushioned crew in a cotton-heavy blend, in S/M/L/XL, offered as a pack of three.
The listing for this style reads: winter knitted solid crew socks, cotton blend, comfortable, cushioned, hiking, for women, youth and children, in packs of three. The yarn is listed as 48% cotton, 41% polyester, 9% nylon and 2% elastane.
- Material
- 48% cotton, 41% polyester, 9% nylon, 2% elastane (as listed), or a wool route to your brief
- Size band
- S/M/L/XL as listed, or your size band
- MOQ
- 1,000 pairs per style
- Lead time
- Sampling 3–5 days; bulk 20–30 days
What this hiking sock is
The blend, the cushion and the height each answer a different part of a day on a trail.
Blend
That blend is a working compromise. Cotton sits against the skin, polyester and nylon carry the wear and help the sock dry, and the elastane is the stretch that keeps a crew on the calf through a day of walking.
Cushion
Cushion is knitted into the sole, and on this style into the heel and toe as well. Where those terry loops sit decides how a boot feels after eight kilometers, so their placement is fixed on the sample and the bulk run follows it.
Height
Crew height clears the boot collar. A sock that stops below it bunches at the top of the boot; one that sits well above it stays where it was pulled. Height is a sample measurement, not a line on a size chart.
Wool
A wool route is open on the same construction for cold and wet use. It costs more per pair, and whether it is worth it depends on the market you sell into rather than on the sock alone.
Yarn is confirmed per style on your quotation.
Hiking socks, in one table
| Material | Weight or needle count | Size band | MOQ | Lead time | Customization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48% cotton, 41% polyester, 9% nylon, 2% elastane (as listed) | Set on the sample | S/M/L/XL (as listed) | 1,000 pairs per style | Sampling 3–5 days; bulk 20–30 days | Solid colors; pack of three as listed |
| Wool route, to your brief | Set on the sample | S/M/L/XL, or your band | 1,000 pairs per style | Sampling 3–5 days; bulk 20–30 days | Color, logo, pack size |
| Yarn confirmed per order | Set on the sample | Your size band | 1,000 pairs per style | Sampling 3–5 days; bulk 20–30 days | Knitted logo, color matching, retail packing |
The blend and the size band are listing figures. The wool route is a construction we quote rather than a listed style, so every value on that line is written when the yarn is named. Weight per pair is not carried as a catalogue figure on any style: it is weighed on the signed sample and again on pairs pulled from the bulk carton, in grams per pair, and both figures are recorded against your order number. How the yarn and the weight are fixed.
What buyers ask about this style
Why cotton in a hiking sock?
Because it is what the listed style uses, at 48% with polyester and nylon carrying the rest. A cotton-heavy sock feels dry at the start of a walk. If your market walks in wet cold, the wool route is the better answer and we quote it separately.
Where does the cushion sit?
On the sole, and on this style at the heel and the toe too. Placement is fixed on the sample: full sole, heel and toe, or toe only are three different socks at a similar price band, so the sample records which one you approved.
Is the pack of three fixed?
No. Three pairs is what the listing shows. Pack size is a packing decision, so a pack of two, of four or a single pair all run; the pair count is printed on the outer and quoted with the packing line.
Can we mix sizes in one carton?
Yes. Mixed cartons are ordinary on a boot-sock order. Send the size breakdown per carton and the packing list is built from it, which also keeps the inner labels correct at the destination and makes the reorder identical to the first shipment.
Styles from the catalog that sit closest to this one
Both are current listings on this floor. Each card opens the style’s own page, with the photographs and the specification sheet a sample is quoted against.
Send the terrain and the season
Name the ground your buyers walk on, the season and the yarn you are weighing up. We reply within one working day with the questions that decide the sample.