Originally Mum said that the two pairs of woollen socks I'd knitted her were enough. Now that she's refusing to go away for winter, she thinks she might need some more socks - NOW!
That's not how she expressed it. What she said was how lovely these faux-isle socks are,
just perfect for chilly mornings at the gym and lovely as bedsocks as well - not too hot - and isn't it a shame that she doesn't have other colours and didn't she buy some sock yarn in Nundle last year?
This yarn, as it happens.
The irony of her wanting me to knit fine yarn on tiny needles into bedsocks for her is not lost on me.
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So will these become the 'socks of guilt' where you knit them secretly, then wear them secretly, so as not to arouse her suspicions? Because I think you kinda deserve faux-isle socks for your feet. :D
So do I!!!!
I'd suggest bedsocks in - JET!!!!!
I'd go with the secret socks as well - finish those for yourself, and use something nice and chunk for bedsocks!!
Nah, she'll get her new socks in her new yarn, but when I'm good and ready.
I gave my aunt a pair of socks that I slaved over and I didn't think she was all that impressed. Until she was in the hospital and told me how much she liked them and I should "put her on the list" for more. Guess who gets the self patterning socks I was making for myself? Not me that's for sure. How do you say no to a woman having heart surgery.
Looks like your mum is as subtle as a train wreck!
Oh yes, I understand completely. It is the same way that my doesn't-want-a-shawl-mother now desperately neeeds one because I made one for my aunt!! Sigh....
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