It's happened to all of us, probably more than once. We finish folding a load of laundry only to discover that a few socks have lost their mates. Blame it on the washing machine monster or the dryer ...

“Do you want Yoko Ono? Aretha Franklin? RBG?” asks Maggie Stern as she walks from room to room in her Concord home, reaching into plastic tubs brimming with socks. Stern designs and sells socks woven ...