This is an old pair of socks I did for John about 3 years ago. They were sort of a joke (I had started calling him John, dear…you had to have been there). They are out of Cleckheaton yarn and are one of his favorite pairs. They rank right behind the ugly brown Woolease socks that he just loves, and has worn so much I’ve had to darn the holes.
Well I’ve gone and done it! I’ve been keeping a non-web “blog” offline for several months now, and figured it was time to publish it online. I still have to do a bit of tinkering, and I’m not at all sure what all the buttons and options are, but here goes.
I learned to knit briefly as a child (probably 4-H!) then promptly decided it was not a cool thing to do. I taught myself again about 4 years ago and it has become more of a lifestyle than a hobby. I’m also a doctor by profession, and to support the yarn habit. I’m an internal medicine specialist and a hospitalist, meaning I only have a hospital-based practice.
My current main project is a sweater for John, my husband, that I have been working on forever. It is out of an old book of sweater patterns: A Close-Knit Family. The yarn is Classic Elite Provence, in a deep blue and off white. It’s actually quite nice to knit with, but the pattern is just plain boring. I keep putting it down to start something else, and finally have promised him that I will finish it next. Every time I order more yarn I hear “what about my sweater?”. So it will be finished next.
I have numerous other things in the works, or in the swatch stage, and will figure out how to get pictures up in the next day or 2.
OK, that wasn’t too difficult!