oh so verklempt.
do you know that yesterday, in the mail, i received socks -- handmade socks? beautiful funkysturdy handknit socks? (seen here to great advantage on the mean streets of philly in front of the handwork of the infamous toynbee tiler).
funny how this never occured to me -- how much i would enjoy and appreciate things made by other knitters. it is not, i see, simply a matter of "i could do it myself, so why would i want someone else to?" i love these. because of who made them for me. because they are in a weird colorway that i can't remember the name of but it sounded like some crazy old jethro tull b-side ("faldul ringel" or something). because...
because she has put hints about when she would like her knitting tarot deck to be completed, in duplicate stitch, directly onto my achilles' heels.
i see.
no no, i'm not going to interpret this as a hint; i'm going to interpret this to mean that these are the official knitting tarot socks for this year -- and that NEXT year, when i am still printing, i will get more! bwahaha ha ha ha!
i love these. thank you, friend.
(it is not necessary to make or purchase gifts for me to square oneself a place in line for the knitting tarot.)