OH is still in hospital, but looking more cheery each day. The swelling on the right foot has gone down considerably but the left is still pretty bad. OT and social services are involved now, in making arrangements for him to come home. We expect him to be home by the weekend.

To help stave off the impending insanity I have been knitting. These socks are the very first pair I made, about 5 years ago.



See the difference, I was totally shocked by how much they had faded. I hadn't even realised until i compared these photos.



Well after such good service all these years they had both worn out on the ball of the foot.



I pulled them back to the heel, intending to knit a new foot for each one. I knew i had enough of the original yarn left. But just look at the difference in colour. I didn't like this so pulled it out, and tried using a pale cream...i thought as they were so faded, a cream foot would look ok....but no, that looked stoopid too.



So i pulled the cream out, stuffed the socks in a bag and started on this new pair!

Answers on a postcard please,as to how I can salvage my old socks.