Warm socks for beloved feet
The first socks of the Sock Binge came off the needles just in time for the holiday weekend. That’s Lorna’s Laces in Blackwatch. He’s been showing them off to everyone.
I hope your holiday has been as warm and cozy as ours. We spent Christmas Eve with family–not the blood-relation kind of family, but the chosen family kind. When I was a baby, my family became close with two other families, and soon after, by extension, a third. All of these families are still close. We kids have all grown up together and now there are husbands and babies, etc. (Alicia, my maid-of-honor-type person, is from this extended family.)
It was a really lovely gathering, the room full of people I love and have known my whole life, and people I’ve met more recently–either in the last few years, like Alicia’s wonderful husband, David, or my own wonderful husband, Billy; or in the last few weeks like the also rather wonderful Joshua. (This extended family of ours, it keeps growing. It’s kind of beautiful. This year’s newest edition was Henry, five months old and with the brightest smile on the planet. I knit him a tomato hat, but forgot my camera, so no photo. You can imagine it, right? Gorgeous baby, tomato hat? Sure, you’re creative, I know you don’t need the photo.)
Christmas day was…well…Saturday around here. We aren’t Christians, after all. I worked all day on another godawful copyedit, but in the evening I got to hang out with my guy a bit, knit, watch a movie. The Station Agent. I liked it a lot. Didn’t love it, but you can’t love everything, can you?
And today I’m writing, knitting my ruby red knee sock when I stop to think, drinking pumpkin spice coffee, watching the pine trees outside my studio window. Trying to ignore the fact that I have a cold. Thought I’d take a moment or two away from things to say hello to you folks, wish you well, let you know I was thinking of you.
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Hug someone you love, if you’re lucky to have one at arm’s reach.
See, I was thinking of you too. 😉
Off to hug the hubby as ordered.
Posted by: valentina
Oh my god… Read my email; this made me feel so much better.
Posted by: Andrea
See, I was thinking of you too. 😉
Off to hug the hubby as ordered.
Posted by: valentina
Oh my god… Read my email; this made me feel so much better.
Posted by: Andrea
Sounds like a lovely weekend. Hope you’re feeling better really soon.
Posted by: Steph
friends, fam and handknitted socks! sounds good to me. feel better soon.
Posted by: froggy
Nice looking socks. Nice looking husband.
Posted by: claudia
Glad Billy loved the socks. Sounds like you two had a lovely lovely holiday weekend. We missed you on Friday, but see you soon, I hope!
Posted by: Jackie
Wow — this is what’s known in the industry as a “reveal,” right? Hi, Billy! Love your socks!
Thanks for the note, Dreamy. xoxo
Posted by: alison
Yay for warm beloved feet. And warm lovely weekends with friends and family.
Posted by: Norma
Sadie aint exactly camera, shy is she?
Yay for warm and cozy holidays.
Posted by: Iris
What a lovely non-holiday weekend, chica!
And the BillyWear socks are terrific…
Posted by: caroline
That sounds like a great time with your family. Pumpkin spice coffee? YUMM!
Posted by: Vicki
love the hair and the socks. 🙂 hope you are having a good monday, too.
Posted by: melissa j
Sounds like a lovely weekend. Hope you’re feeling better really soon.
Posted by: Steph
friends, fam and handknitted socks! sounds good to me. feel better soon.
Posted by: froggy
Nice looking socks. Nice looking husband.
Posted by: claudia
Glad Billy loved the socks. Sounds like you two had a lovely lovely holiday weekend. We missed you on Friday, but see you soon, I hope!
Posted by: Jackie
Wow — this is what’s known in the industry as a “reveal,” right? Hi, Billy! Love your socks!
Thanks for the note, Dreamy. xoxo
Posted by: alison
Yay for warm beloved feet. And warm lovely weekends with friends and family.
Posted by: Norma
Sadie aint exactly camera, shy is she?
Yay for warm and cozy holidays.
Posted by: Iris
What a lovely non-holiday weekend, chica!
And the BillyWear socks are terrific…
Posted by: caroline
That sounds like a great time with your family. Pumpkin spice coffee? YUMM!
Posted by: Vicki
love the hair and the socks. 🙂 hope you are having a good monday, too.
Posted by: melissa j
What a great, warm-fuzzy post…
Posted by: brenda in toronto
I loved Joe in The Station Agent. He cracked me up.
Posted by: Ande
Y’know, I’ve never knit while thinking during writing. Must try.
xo
(and the Chan in Life and Death was so good. Thank you.)
Posted by: Rachael
Beautiful socks!
I am jealous you got to skip Christmas.
Sounds like such a nice time, except for the cold part.
Hope you are feeling better!
Posted by: amy
What a great, warm-fuzzy post…
Posted by: brenda in toronto
I loved Joe in The Station Agent. He cracked me up.
Posted by: Ande
Y’know, I’ve never knit while thinking during writing. Must try.
xo
(and the Chan in Life and Death was so good. Thank you.)
Posted by: Rachael
Beautiful socks!
I am jealous you got to skip Christmas.
Sounds like such a nice time, except for the cold part.
Hope you are feeling better!
Posted by: amy