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Darn Tough Vermont is a family owned, American manufacturer of end-use-specific socks. We design, manufacture, sell, and promote the most comfortable, durable, and best-fitting socks available in the market today. This promise is backed up by our unconditional lifetime guarantee:  if you can wear out our socks, we will replace them free of charge. Yarn is just yarn. Machines are just machines …

Merino is a type of wool that comes specifically from a merino sheep. The merino sheep breed came originally from Spain but was domesticated and bred on a commercial scale in New Zealand and Australia, with Australia still producing around 80% of the worlds merino today. The merino sheep thrives in hostile conditions where other breeds would perish, meaning that they have developed a high quality …