Evaluation of Di's Surprise (aka Tabi Monogatari v33)

As posted earlier, I had made a surprise pair of socks for a friend of mine who had helped me with foot measurements so I could make a surprise pair of socks for my SIL.  This particular friend of mine is a very old friend who's known me for eons so, when I asked her to report back on her socks, I knew that I would get not only a very frank report (which is exactly what I was seeking since only Hubby is the only person who will really critique my sock - yes, I want to know the good, the bad and the ugly of what I made for you; otherwise, how will I get better??) but also a detailed report and here's what it was:

On the weekend of 06/05/21, I've now played pickleball in the sock and initially, I wasn't too sure how it would hold up. I felt like the socks were so smooth that I would slip out of my shoe. So first, I just tied my shoes tighter.

After playing in the socks for a bit, my feet swelled so I didn't have that feeling anymore, so that was good!

So I played about 2 hours in the socks and at the end I have to say that my feet did feel a bit sweaty. This could also be due to my shoes that aren't very breathable.

When I took off my shoe, I noticed that one sock stayed on, but one sock slipped off my heel. (The sock was already off my heel before I took the shoe off... so it wasn't like because of the motion of taking off the shoe did the sock slip off). So possibly one sock is just slightly larger than the other?

Anyway, I just washed the sock as recommended (in cold water and tumble dry low).

So I plan to use these socks on a second round of pickleball to see if there's any difference.

Either way, when I was playing pickleball in the socks, they were very natural, nothing odd, very comfortable, couldn't really feel them at all. :)

Thanks again for making them for me!! I'm adding them to my sock circulation for sure!!

With that feedback in mind, I also wrote back to her about it to further brainstorm about what was happening to her socks (or if her foot measurement was not right - she's no home ec student!) so, there maybe more socks to come for my lil' Ms. Di (& hopefully a cardboard cut out in my near future for a better, more precise foot measurement!), especially now that I may have turned her into a hand sock convert!🤞😉 😁 😍🎊🎉🙌