Marilyn,

Charlene is right! I can see why your niece likes them...lucky girl!

Hugs,
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

Charlene,
You've had other things on your mind, so please don't feel bad.   I'm glad you like the socks. 
Marilyn

I am remiss.  I have not yet told you how cute these sockses are.  They are cute!
Charlene

Marilyn,

ROFL...I love the story about your niece and the angel eyes!

Ooh, the colorwork/fair isle idea sounds fantastic! I can't wait to see what you do with that when you get the chance.

LOL, personally, though the one set of hands limit can be vexing, I guess when it comes right down to it, I wouldn't want another set. Well, maybe a clone would do the trick. ;D

Hugs,
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

Melanie,
I appreciate your kind words. 
I think I forgot to tell you the story about the pink & purple socks.  My niece put them on and studied the angels on the toes. Then she looked up at her mom and said, "They don't have any eyes."  My sister said it wasn't easy trying to use a Sharpie to draw little bitty eyes on knitting. 
I've got an idea or two in mind for using 2 colors for socks, more along the lines of colorwork/fair isle.  But one can only do so much at once, due to only having one set of hands.  
Marilyn

Marilyn,
Thank you so much for posting these!  They're DIVINE!  Oh, and I LOVE the design on the toes, too...that's gorgeous!  I like the pink and purple combo (two of my favorite colors) and I think the two different colors for the yellow socks is a fantastic idea.  I agree that's the best thing to do when you don't have a use for another ball of yarn...use a different color for parts of the sock...I would do the same!
That brings up an interesting point...why is it that socks are usually either made of self-striping yarns or are only one color?  I haven't seen very many socks with two different colors like this, and really, I like it!  It's so innovative...I like the way the heel stands out on the yellow socks...the toes on the purple & pink.
EXCELLENT job! 
Hugs,
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

When I talked to my sister last night, she said she finally got to wash the socks.  My niece wore them for 4 days straight. 

If you were able see this close-up, you'd see that the angel's 'skirt' isn't centered under the head.  When I saw the boo-boo, I did something very abnormal for me - I decided to leave it that way!  For once I was too lazy to rip back and fix it. ..Well, and pressed for time. 
These socks look a little "shaggy" because my niece put these on sometime on the evening of Dec. 29, and as of late on the 31(or was it the 1st?), the only time she'd taken them off was when she was in the bathtub.   ....Then she put them back on when she got out of the tub.