Fox River Mills

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Fox River Mills, Inc. is a sock manufacturer based in Osage, Iowa, founded in 1900. In 1992 the company purchased the Nelson Knitting Company of Rockford, Illinois, and in the process acquired the trademark on the Red Heel socks used to make sock monkeys. Fox River Mills is also known for its odor-controlling X-Static sock liners and its line of organic wool socks.

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Fox River Mills, Inc.
is a sock manufacturer based in Osage, Iowa.

The company was founded in 1900. In 1992, they purchased the Nelson Knitting Company of Rockford, Illinois, and in the process acquired the trademark on the Red Heel socks used to make sock monkeys. Fox River Mills includes instructions for making a sock monkey in every packet of Red Heel socks.

Fox River Mills is also known for their odor-controlling X-Static sock liners[4] and their line of organic wool socks.

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A Sock Maker and the Sock Monkey

Fox River Mills has made socks in Osage, Iowa since 1900, and its best known product carries a piece of American folk craft with it. The Red Heel sock is the sock used to make sock monkeys, the stuffed toys sewn from a pair of socks with a distinctive red heel forming the mouth. In 1992 Fox River Mills purchased the Nelson Knitting Company of Rockford, Illinois, and in the process acquired the trademark on those Red Heel socks. Rather than treat the monkey as a curiosity, the company includes instructions for making a sock monkey in every packet of Red Heel socks, so each purchase carries both a pair of socks and a small sewing project.

A sock is a hard-working garment: it cushions the foot, manages moisture inside a shoe, and takes friction at the heel and toe with every step. A specialist mill builds its range around those jobs, choosing yarns and knit structures for warmth, padding and durability, and sizing production around the steady, year-round demand for a basic that every wardrobe needs.

Performance Liners and Organic Wool

Beyond the Red Heel line, Fox River Mills is known for two more technical directions. Its X-Static sock liners are made for odor control, the quality that matters most in a thin liner worn inside boots and shoes for long days, when freshness is hard to maintain. Its line of organic wool socks takes the opposite route to comfort: wool is a natural fiber that insulates, breathes and absorbs moisture, and an organic line answers buyers who want those properties from certified natural material.

Together the three lines show the range of a single-product company. One line is a heritage product tied to a trademark and a craft tradition, one is a performance liner built around a functional yarn, and one is a natural-fiber line built around wool. All three are socks, but each is bought for a different reason, which is how a mill founded in 1900 keeps distinct customers inside one small category of clothing.

Common Questions

What does Fox River Mills make?

Fox River Mills is a sock manufacturer based in Osage, Iowa. It is known for Red Heel socks, for odor-controlling X-Static sock liners, and for a line of organic wool socks.

What is the connection between Fox River Mills and sock monkeys?

In 1992 Fox River Mills purchased the Nelson Knitting Company of Rockford, Illinois, and acquired the trademark on the Red Heel socks used to make sock monkeys. Fox River Mills includes instructions for making a sock monkey in every packet of Red Heel socks.

When was Fox River Mills founded?

Fox River Mills was founded in 1900 and is based in Osage, Iowa, in the United States.

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