men's knits
i've knit him 2 scarves and a pair of fingerless mitts.
the first scarf i knit him was with yarn of his choosing and he loves, loves, loves it. it's okay. i would have NEVER picked that yarn and never have picked it for him. the 2nd scarf i knit him he likes and i LOVE. the fingerless mitts i knit him because he hardly ever wears gloves or mittens and i thought they would be very practical for him. and they are. he likes them. wears them a lot. has had them i think two seasons now and i can hardly believe he hasn't lost one of them yet.
he's been with me to knitting shops countless times.
sometimes he looks around at the yarns on the shelves. sometimes he observes the shoppers and store owners and then gives me a report about the "feel" of the place when we get back in the car. sometimes he follows me around and looks at what i'm looking at. sometimes he brings a book. sometimes he sits and sends text-messages back and forth to our son. ("yeah, I'm at the knitting store with Mom...") sometimes he finds an interesting store a few doors down and comes back to meet me.
all depend on where-in-the-world we are.
this saturday i needed to go to the LYS. had to pick up some "washable wool" for this little secret project. a favorite Mexican joint of ours is on the way so i asked him if he wanted to make a little trip of it.
i had a great promo coupon from the store and a bit of an exchange also, soooo just like some $ in my pocket. found my needed items and then was doing some browsing. i don't know where he was, i had lost track of him. pretty soon he came up behind me to point out the man's knitted sample sweater in the window. said he like the yarn it was made out of, but maybe not in that color. i looked over at him and asked, would you be interested in me knitting you that sweater? and he turned to me and said, "well actually, if you were going to knit me a sweater i found a pattern over here that i like" (pointing to a turn-style filled with patterns) "and i don't really like that color but i do like that yarn". "could it be knit those yarns over there"? (pointing to a wall of yarns that would be great, and in all amazing, tweed colors).
that guy had been SHOPPING!!!!!
we left with a pattern and yarn for a sweater. oh, and i like it too! thank God....because knitting a scarf that's not your 1st choice is one thing, but a whole sweater..............
