At first, I loved these socks ... that is until I wore one black pair and washed one pink pair. Of note, I have several pairs of bamboo socks and undies from different manufacturers and have never encountered the problems I have with these socks.

First, I washed the pink pair by itself on the hand-washing cycle of my washing machine in cool water (not hot, warm or cold) in a mesh laundry bag I always use to protect my special delicate bamboo socks and undies. I washed them in cool water for 3 minutes. I placed the mesh laundry bag in the dryer and dried them on cool delicate dryer cycle for 5 minutes. They came out of the bag with pills on them! Next pair will be the fuschia pair I am wearing now. I will try gently handwashing the fuschia pair by gently squeezing them clean while washing and rinsing, then lay them on a towel to dry. Of note, I have never had to put this much effort and special handling like this with any of my other bamboo socks; just these. I've always had success with the above method with never a pilling problem.

Then I wore a black pair inside my nursing shoes for 4 hours, not walking much and mostly standing in the lab, only to find the fabric was wearing out by leaving bare areas and fuzzy loose fibers.

Right now, I'm totally disappointed in the quality of these socks. I cannot believe the fibers come loose once worn one time, and that they wash so poorly using the handwashing cycle of my washing machine and the cool delicate cycle of my dryer.

I will advise how the fuschia pair come out once I have gently handled them without anything other than my hands and a towel. I'm doing this so that you will know just how fragile these socks are and let you know how to handle them when washing and drying them.