It seems that my pre planning the year in socks may have hit a snag already, I had made a pair of socks that I thought would be perfect for my dad, so I popped them away in the sock tin until it was nearer to his birthday in March, but then my Pop sent me a late Christmas card (he is just a few months shy of 100 so for him to even send a Christmas card is something else) and my mum mentioned that he loves to receive mail. So later that day I sat down to hand write a letter, it has certainly been a long time since I wrote a long letter to anyone and it did seem a wee bit sad that letter writing was something that is fading from the world, but after a two page extravaganza of life according to me I thought that it would be nice to put something extra in his envelope, I searched my brain for ideas, his favorite foods, chocolate, licorice and plain chippies were all provided at Christmas so he was still well stocked for those things, he loves crosswords but sadly he can no longer see that well and it makes him a bit tearful that he can not do them without really squinting and giving himself a headache, and then boom it hit me, he feels the cold even when it is hot for everyone else, a pair of socks would keep his tootsies warm and cosy, so into the tin I delved and I found the socks that were supposed to be my dad's. They are pure wool and blue -his favorite- and they seemed to be perfect so in the post they were popped and a couple of days later he was calling all the nurses and doctors in (he lives in a care facility because he has some medical issues) to show them all "the beautiful hand knitted socks just like my mother used to make for me" everyone has had to come and see them and acknowledge the awesomeness of the sock. One of the nurses has even arranged for name tags to be sewed into the cuff so they are not "lost" into one of the other patients rooms. He was so chuffed with his socks that I have already planned another pair for him for his birthday in August in his favorite footy teams colours, along with his normal supply of chippies and licorice of course!
I have made great strides in LovelyDaughter1's birthday socks and hope that I can finish the second today so that I can make a start on the first one tomorrow, the yarn has some amazing blues, oranges and purples in it and with luck and my phone actually working tomorrow I might be able to actually take some pics to share! But for now I have an afternoon of knitting planned, the chores are all done and I have nothing to do until it is time to make dinner so I think that a Sunday afternoon of me time is called for, I hope it is for you too!
xoxoxoxoxoxo
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