Tuesday, April 10, 2007

A knitter's highest complement

My youngest sister has been asking for more hand-knit socks. Well, all of my sisters have been asking, but she asked most recently. Then she put this post on her blog.

I knit her those socks less than a year ago--they were the second pair on socks I ever knitted (Crusoe from Knitty in Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Tropical Storm-- the same yarn that Elmo models here). What a complement it is that she wore them so much that they are wearing through. I am always afraid that when I knit for someone they will save what I give them for a special occasion (I am not speaking of delicate lace shawls here, which of course are treated slightly differently) rather than enjoying what I made for them and realizing that I can always make more. I guess my sister, at least got the message.

Of course, she is going to have to wait for more socks. I have to finish my MIL's birthday socks, knit the socks for my pregnant friend, knit a wedding veil, and about eight billion other projects between now and July. There may be some mixed messages going out around here.

15 comments:

Grendel said...

Funny. . . I've worn through several delicate lace shawls. . .

Vika said...

~snicker~

BTW-I've worn the socks I inherited, the orangey ones that I believe were your first pair, an awful lot, but they're still in very good shape. She's gotta be wearing those guys like every day to wear them out.

I'll say this: until after July I won't be kinting. Any comments are purely admiration and/or observation at this time.

I may be asking you to wear clothes you would normally say "oh, that's nice, Vika would wear that..." to, but that's a one time thing. Unless you decide you like it :DD

College Glassblower said...

i do wear them practically everyday- going around my dorm barefoot wouldn't be for the faint of heart- but i have also had the for a while- and its weird but the one sock has a little wear but not a ton, whole the other is being held together by barely visible threads... plus, if i send them to you you can fix them right? of that is so, i can wait a while for new socks, especially since i will not be wearing them as much in the summer...

College Glassblower said...

yeah, i also hate that thing that elderly relative does when she saves things and then they never get used, and then what is the point? mom does the same thing sometimes and i get so mad because most of the time people get her stuff she can use, then she puts it away for a special occasion- i alos wear the socks a lot because they are the perfect thickness for my clogs, which may be why they wore out so quickly...

Vika said...

Hey, as SWMBO points out, it's a knitter's highest compliment :D

I figure, if someone gives you something nice, or if you get something nice for yourself, you might as well enjoy it to the max. You're not here forever :D

Vika said...

Grendel, I'm imagining a big burly fellow in a delicate little lace shawl. I think I may get a hernia from the laughing :D

Grendel said...

Who said I was burly? :) Okay, so I am an manly man. A man in tights.

Vika said...

It takes a real man to wear tights :D

Grendel said...

damned (ahem)straight.

Ha! I kill me!

Vika said...

argh.

College Glassblower said...

(eye roll)

Vika said...

Interesting: even though we now all have blogs going, the lion's share of comments still ends up here. Huh.

College Glassblower said...

force of habit...

Vika said...

That habit-is it on the Dark Side or the Light?

Vika said...

PS working on getting that swatch for ya :D