No, I’m not frogging anything, and nobody died. It is however, a sad day around here. John’s favorite hand-knit socks have bit the dust for the last time.
When I first learned to knit, I waded right into a sweater after I had done about six interminable inches on a garter stitch scarf.* Then I decided to knit socks. Knowing nothing about sock yarn, much less sock knitting, I went to Hobby Lobby and bought not only Wool-Ease yarn, but the absolute ugliest skein of brown Wool-Ease yarn they made. It was brown, and John claimed it for his own. I had a generic sock pattern from somewhere, and ended up with these.
As you can see, we have a little problem here. Here’s another photo with both socks.
The heel of one went at exactly the same time as the toe of the other one. I’ve already darned these once. The last time he wore holes in them, I tried to toss them out, but he convinced me that they were the best socks ever and that I should fix them. Fortunately, this time I have no more of the ugly brown Wool-Ease left to repair them**, and they’re headed for the trash. I had to do a little bargaining, and promised him that I’d make another pair, better than the first. They’ll be brown, but they won’t be Wool-Ease.
*The sweater eventually was finished, the scarf wasn’t.
**If any of you have brown Wool-Ease in your stash, just keep it to yourselves, OK? He does not need any encouragement.
spoilsport! 😉
Farewell faithful socks… pretty glasses!
Hee hee – I’ve already seen a preview of the next post, so…
Oh, very sad… I’m sure the new pair will be equally wonderful, though! :o)
that is sooo sweet that your hubby wants to keep the socks. i say; find the original yarn and try to mend them if he’s so attached to him. it’s wonderful he cares enough to let you know his opinion on them!
Matt has finally worn through a pair of socks too and I am not darning them. I swear it is faster that I knit him a new pair than to try to fix this pair. I’m sure John’s new socks will be awesome!
How about framing them — like a memorial or trophy?
Oh, that’s just too sad!
Those are wonderful for a first project, but I’m sure you’d rather work with a more beautiful sock yarn. You probably should keep them (somewhere secure and out of sight) just as a memento of your first project.
You are SO funny! Most would be begging for more WoolEase in the correct colorway. NFW, eh? Toss em. They have had their day.