Wool socks should come with energy star ratings

Just finished one of my unfinished projects from last year! I taught my husband to knit when we were dating and he's made quite a few things for other people but not much for himself. He's made two pairs of wool socks and gave them both away so one of my 2009 projects was to make him a pair for himself. I had trouble with the toe of the first sock, then ran out of yarn halfway thru the second. So there wasn't much motiviation to work on them. But I forced myself this holiday weekend to pick them back up and finish them. And hubby is happy!

He plans on wearing them just around the house as slipper socks. You know, I really believe that knitting can save you money in heating costs. When I'm wearing my wool socks my hubby made and a wool sweater I am very comfortable in a 60 degree house. For most of this winter that's the temperature we've been keeping the house at and when we compared what we spent last year at this time on electricity with what we spent this year, it was cut in half! So I think we knitters should be able to put energy star ratings on our knit goods and wares with the slogan "Harness your body's energy with knitting and save on heating costs!" Why not, right?