Friends and Socks

One Bearfoot Pheasant Sock

It was a lovely weekend for me. Weather wasn't so lovely (lots and lots of rain) but at least it was warm. The best part of the weekend was Saturday. The friend who taught me how to knit was in town. This year, for her birthday, I decided to put my knitting skills in gear and knit her a pair of socks. They weren't completed for her visit, but I did get to make sure that the first one was shaped correctly. She seemed pretty excited about having her first pair of handknit socks, so, of course, I got psyched to at least finish the first one.I completed the sock late Saturday night and cast the next one on this morning. I'm betting that her October birthday present will make it to her by Christmas. Much better than my usual record.

What was really fun was letting her do a little stash diving in my stash. Judy, mistress of the worlds most complicated Fair Isle and Intarsia sweaters had never knit herself a simple scarf! So I loaned her a pair of my straight needles and gave her some Kitty railroad yarn in jewel blues, greens and pinks. It was fun to share something with the person who got me into the whole knitting experience. Casting on a second time, dealing with dropped stitches, she knows these things are part of knitting. It's a lot of fun to knit with someone who's not afraid of mistakes. And by the time she gets back to Cincinnati I'm betting she's going to have a brand new very pretty scarf.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty smitten with the Bearfoot. It's a little more expensive than your average sock yarn, but it's a soft and wonderful yarn. If you know someone special who needs a pair of socks, this is the stuff to do them in.

I was busy with a few other things this weekend, and made a firm resolution to get back to Mom's sweater. Amazing how an impending visit can get me inspired about a project.