I as the purchaser of this article - infancy long outgrown - have long been looking for a pair of stockings or pimpled pimpled socks with higher wool content, which is of good quality and also in addition to warming is also sufficiently slippery. Then I have this to my surprise at Amazon affordable "Children articles", even in my size (39-40), discovered. The good reviews then played an additional role for my order. So I am completely satisfied, also have the "Children Stockings" (available to Gr. 39-40) now perfectly survived two courses in the washing machine. Therefore Bravo to the manufacturer and strong buy recommendation! Shipping and packaging, incidentally, were also just fine. :-)