Oh, OK. I showed the previous post to John, and he got a little misty, and all wistful-looking. It made me feel guilty about tossing out his favorite socks, and the very first pair I ever made.
I’ll leave it up to you guys. Go back to the previous post, look at those sad photos, imagine John with tears in his eyes, and vote your conscience.
It isn’t so much a matter of ugly, if he loves them just make another pair that is similar, but HURRRY!!!! or you will have to fix the other pair while he waits for the new ones :-p
Aw, he loves the socks! Fix them quickly, then make a new pair to replace.
How about make them less ugly by doing the toes and heels in a contrasting color? on both pairs, so he has a refurbished pair. I had to do that for my husbands socks that he would not part with.
I wish my husband would let me knit him socks. I knit him one pair a long time ago and he didn’t like them. He said they made his feet too warm, as well as a host of other complaints. Sigh…. He won’t wear sweaters either. If I’d known that, I might have had second thoughts on the wedding day.
I voted no (they’ve already lived far longer than expected), but that poll kept throwing me to odd ad pages.
Thank all of you who are voting to save the socks! You all are eligible for one of my famous Martinis when you are in the area.
Get mine ready John, because I vote to save the socks. If my hubby had something that I had hand knit for him that he loved that much, I’d repair it until there was nothing left holding them together. Of course, this means next time I come I won’t be allowed to sleep in the bedroom with the stash, but I’ll just console myself over martinis!
OK, that might be unfair, bribing the voters with alcohol! I think there are state laws against that!
I am on a decrapification mission…I say “toss em”!
I voted and I think I just made it 50/50.
Sorry John…I am rather mercenary. Gracious of you to try and bribe me with Martinis, but I will have to pass.
I vote for using contrasting yarn to simultaneously fix the holes and turn them into sock puppets. (Real ones, I mean, not the Internet kind.)
SP1: Hey! I used to be one of the first socks Lorette ever made John!
SP2: That’s amazing! Me too! Hey, look at that, she’s knitting him some new ones.
SP1: Out of fancy yarn, too. I’d be jealous, but I feel reborn after my socks-change operation.
SP2: I know what you mean. Do you think we should take our act on the road?
SP1: It might need some work first.
SP2: Hey, live a little! Don’t be a defeetist.
May I suggest making a new pair before asking him to part with the old ones… that works a little better.
Also, my husband refuses to get rid of the first pair of socks I made him. The holes keep getting bigger, but it doesn’t bother him so I’ve just quick looking.
No way, they are going to keep wearing out and you’ll be fixing them for the rest of your life. Toss those babies. Oops, they fell in the garbage.
I have no doubt you adore John and there is nothing you wouldn’t do for him but those bad boys have GOT TO GO….nobody likes change John but I know Lorette will comfort your heart (and feet) with even better ones!
Send them to the happy hole free heaven in the sky! 🙂
PS – I LOVE your glasses Lorette, are they RX or just magnifying for knitting?
I don’t think my vote went through. So just in case, I say toss those babies. Woolease socks are not worth fixing. He just doesn’t realize he can have a much nicer brown pair made from good sock yarn that will last a long, long time. Maybe they could fall into the fireplace by accident? Sorry John. 🙂
Get some of that cashmere blend sock yarn and let him feel it. He just may want to feed the fireplace himself. (But no, don’t burn them — they’ll probably melt and make a big mess.)
Can I vote ‘Other’. Keep the sentimental socks (cuz he will anyhow, just ask my husband. He has every swatch of lace I’ve ever made) and knit him a new pair. Different pattern, though. Using the same pattern would just be disrespectful to the socks.
I had that same brown wool ease and knitted my hubby his first vest. LOL I thought the brown was kinda cool. We still have the vest in the “winter closet”. He doesn’t wear it much anymore.
Make the repair so bulky and uncomfortable that HE will actually toss them in the trash!!