Sock Knitting Heresy

One of my favorite pairs of socks is machine made. I don't remember where I got them and I've had them for approximately a decade. I try to limit myself to wearing them indoors in the winter when I'm sick in an effort to make them last forever. They're cotton with some elastic in the cuff and they are beginning to show their age. I would love to redo the pattern someday except it would be so hard!