For my dear husband, who is going through a rough patch, I knit alpaca blend socks in vacation souvenir yarn. Jim has been feeling slightly ill for a few months now. He has been undergoing tests for several months, but so far, all the doctors could find was a vitamin B deficiency. One of his symptoms is numb and cold feet.
Also, when he went back to work on after the Christmas break, he found out that there was only one more job to do and no work in sight. Jim is a sider (he installs siding on houses) and between the economy and the weather there are no new housing starts. Given his health situation and the bitter cold we've been experiencing, I'm actually glad. But it does put a kibosh on the great, get-out-of-debt resolution of 2009.
For my lovely mother-in-law, who will be celebrating her 85th birthday in February, I'm knitting some socks to specification, using Online purchased on sale.
While she loved the lace socks I gave her for Christmas, I knit them too loose and they won't stay up! Drat. Of course she's keeping them, but she requested a pair of fancy yarn ones for her birthday. I was actually bummed because I've been hankering to knit some fancy lace or two-color socks. My mother-in-law is a knitter, and one of the ways I show my love for her is to knit her really special socks. But I guess the most special socks are the ones that are knit exactly as you asked for them.
Good luck with your husband. I know how that can be, my fiance went through about five months worth of test before they finally figured out what was making him sick.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for knitting as a source of low-cost-per-hour entertainment and means of wrapping our friends and family in love. I hope things are looking up for all of you soon.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea he wasn't feeling well. Maybe it's a good thing that he's off work for a bit. I hope he can get EI & that he feels better soon!
ReplyDeleteThe socks look great, on both accounts. Sometimes a nice self stripe thrown in is a nice change of pace.
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ReplyDeleteI can imagine that the combination of work and health can put a damper on anybody. At least you are cheering him up any which way you can. I hope things will look up soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find out what's ailing Jim soon so you can deal with it. Not knowing is an added torment, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteHand knit socks should make anyone feel better! What a good wife/DIL you are!
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