WIP Wednesday: Sock And Quiz Follow Up

Progress continues on the second sock. I’ve slacked the last couple of days. The weather has been spring-like so we’ve been out of the house during the afternoon when I would ordinarily get a few extra rows in. There is a morning knitting with my knit group later this week so there should be more visible progress soon.

When I was reading one of the comments on a sock quiz post Bonny mentioned that there should have been one more question on the sock quiz. She’s 100% right. So I’m adding a follow up here. There will be more than one question though. Feel free to answer in the comments or leave a link if you’ll be posting the answers on your blog.

• Have you worn your knit/crocheted socks to the point of holes?
• Do you mend the holes? Do you throw the socks in the trash? Do you repurpose the yarn?
• Have you had a recipient return their socks when they get a hole? Do you mend the socks or just knit them another pair?
• Do you mend other projects (shawls, sweaters, hats…) or throw them away when they’re worn out?

Here are my answers.

• I have both worn holes in my socks and gotten mystery holes when the socks were being washed in the washing machine.
• I do not mend the socks. They end up in the trash. I look at it as the opportunity to add a new pair of socks to my sock drawer. Though I don’t need the excuse to cast on a new pair.
• I have had H get holes in her socks and they too just went into the trash.
• I have thrown out one sweater when the ribbing on the sleeves finally let go in multiple places. There is another sweater that has been waiting for me to repair a stitch that was cut by a chair. It’s probably an easy enough repair but I’ve put it off and now don’t want to think about it.