Socks

26 entries in Clothing / Socks
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Divers secrets pour tirer en apparence des écus d'une bourse sans l'ouvrir. more tricks by Pilferer, coins in wallet are placed under hat and then produced, repeated with different method, finally effect is repeated by placing a coin into a stocking
 		1785 Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée 33
Professor Hoffmann Watch-Stocking lady's stocking produced from spectator, watch placed in lady's socking which is swung around to crash watch
Inspired by 1890 More Magic 195
Unknown Ein Variété-Programm patter by Eduard Hensel
  • Entrée (glove shrinks and becomes stocking)
  • Das Durchdringen der Materie (glass through hat)
  • Glasphänomen (two silk travel from bottle to bottle)
  • Schützenliesl (Queen of Clubs chosen, in a large target appears a woman in Queen of Clubs dress)
Related to Mar. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 9) 134
Unknown Ein Variété-Programm part two, methods
Related to Apr. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 10) 147
Unknown The Damaged Glove and Lady's Stocking glove vanishes, other glove is torn by accident, vanishes, remaining piece changed to miniature glove, then stretched to stocking
 		1903 Later Magic 376
Oswald Rae The Magic Chimney Pot christmas themed routine, three empty socks are placed in a chimney model, socks fill up with food, then silks, flags and flowers are produced from the chimney
Also published here
  • "The Magic Chimney Pot" in "The Magic Wand"
 1930 Original Magic 16
John Barc Sockard three selections, socks are used to find cards
 		1954 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954) 27
Karrell Fox An Old Yarn yarn hanging from lapel, pulled for long time, one sock is missing
 		1954 Kornfidentially Yours 30
Unknown Das Socken-Finale producing a sock as a gag, while producing silks
 		1959 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 5) 852
Ernest W. Brady Ten Silver Dollar bank night with one marked coin among several, coin in sock spectator has to select one by one
 		1961 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 358) 259
Lu Brent Two Tricks
  • ashes of burnt ribbon change into flower (Ireland's "Match To Flower")
  • idea for "Sock Finish" by De Lage (silk changes to sock)
  • Bill Frazee's no-fake egg bag
 		June 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 187
Tan Hock Chuan Invisible Santa Christmas stocking placed in box, comes out filled with goodies
 		1977 The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan 28
Michael Weber Thoughts of Tom Jacobson piano card trick with socks
 		1991 Life Savers 46
Unknown The Chameleon Socks color chaning socks
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 291
Muneo Yokoi Prophecy Socks Prediction of spectator's card printed on sock
 		1993 Volum 5 Lecture Note 8
Michael Weber Stocking Feat snake basket with sock, Alka Seltzer powered
Inspired by
  • "Sorcerer's Serpent" (Bruce Elliott, Magic as a Hobby, 1948, p. 109)
 1994 Correctors Workshop
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra From the Ace to the Ten Travel Through the Sleeve final card appears in sock
 		1997 Notes 8
Don Scott Name Dropper card into sock, comedy routine
 		Sep. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4) 23
Tomo Maeda Ten Socks in a Bag clear bag with socks, performer finds two of same color without looking, spectator finds two different-colored socks which match what the performer is wearing
Variations July 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 7) 45
Robert E. Neale The First Mystery or The Wisdom of the Worm Story trick about Adam and Eve using six playing cards and a worm sock puppet which locates the selected card
 		2008 This Is Not a Book 101
Scott Strange Will The Socks Match? cards with single socks are used, two chosen ones do not match but match the mis-matched socks the performer is wearing
Inspired by June 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 6) 18
David Acer The Sock Catcher sock travels from dryer into change bag, then initialed coin does
  • Part One: Sockgate
  • Part Two: Coingate
 		Oct. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 10) 77
Patrick Page A Green Pair? socks change into fruit, trick based on a pun
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 297
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Mysteries for Children: Little Jimmie and the Christmas Stocking sock restoration
Also published here
  • Genii, Dec. 1945
 Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 42
Roberto Giobbi This Trick Socks card vanishes, sock in case, card in shoe
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 4) 347
Nathan Kranzo Phone Sox phone held to ear, it unrolls and changes to a sock, phone is now in shoe
 		Dec. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 12) 85