I've also learned why you need a marker at the toe decreases ;)
My 2nd pair of socks didn't have the same fate! Although they are bright and cheery....they've just worn out and got a wee bit felted so they didn't fit any longer. :( I also usually always try to buy superwash sock yarns to avoid this problem. That and not allowing hubby near them ;)
All Things Heather sock yarn in Neopolitan, I miss them!!!
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Those are great 1st socks! Mine are yeah, quite the spectacle.
My first socks are were knit for my daughter, and they are too small to fit anyone now....
I love the pink and brown socks! :)
Love your trips down memory lane :0) I still wear my first socks, knit with DB Baby Cashmerino - they may last forever. My 2nd pair have worn in the heel and colour is very faded (Koigu).
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I don't let my husband wash my woolens, either - unless thay are ironclad 100% machine washable and dryable. The Neapolitan socks were very cute!
Nice first socks! I made my first pair in 2005. One of them has since disappeared (perhaps the dryer ate it?) but it kind of makes me happy that I have an excuse to knit another pair!
Great socks!!! Yes I try to only buy superwash as well. The one pair of 100% wool socks I made got washed and dried. what made it worse is that only one got washed and dried. I tried felting the other one to pass them down to a kid but they didn't felt the same size and I never could get the bigger one smaller no matter how many times it got washed.....
I love the toe on your first socks. It made me laugh thinking of my own. I did a round toe and immediately discovered I hated the feel of it. The socks have been sitting on top of my dresser, for 2 years, waiting for the toes to be re-knit. I really should just suck it up and do it, I'm tired of moving them to dust :-)
I like this! Taking me back to my own days of my first pair. Yours look normal at least:) My first pair looked so wide. I called them my elephant socks.LOL Good memories though.
Yay! It's good to see where we have come from - it makes us look up and remember where were are going!
I just wore a hole in my All Things Heather socks. *snif*
aaaaa, socks! Damn - can't remember when I knitted my first pair - long time ago ... probably the same time as you!
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