This unfortunately did not work for me, I have two socks of the same material and style that I bought at the same time, but due to the uneven frequency of wearing and washing them, they ended up being different textures, and then I lost one half of a pair and couldn't use the remaining half with the other pair :(

I did this when I was in my utilitarian era and it was really nice when I was in a hurry. Eventually though I got tired of having one boring type of sock and picked up some cute ones for a special occasion. 6 months later and I’m back to sock sorting as a chore. C’est la vie.