As promised, a guest post from Pk. 


Today I'm the guest Blog for my Lovely Wife.

Let me share my impression of her blog from this end. ( I confess I don't read it so I probably don't know what I'm talking about)

Knitting is mostly about socks with the occasional shawl/sweater thrown into the mix. I don't think I really need to say anything else, this to my mind neatly paraphrase the whole caboodle.

Shall we discuss socks?

Socks, socks, socks and more socks. I'm a Thorlo kind of guy, my feet are hot and sweaty. You don't want to stand next to my boots when I take them off. It would seem disrespectful to wrap something made with that much love, skill and craft around my knurly stank'n brogans. I see the work that socks take to create. Been there from start to finish, I've held the yarn in my out stretched arms to wind into balls, test fitted the turn of the heel so I know what it takes to make them. As a family and an individual we use the word "sock" more in week than I did in 6 ½ years in the navy ( leaving out the more profane uses of the word) . There seems to be no end to sock production, other garments just interrupt the flow of sock production.

Knitting has also changed my wife part one

The changes are a little subtle but they are there. Knitting has made her more adventurous and spontaneous. She'll laugh at this but its true, In the last few years we have gone on more wool related adventures then he ever have in 28 year of marriage. She sees sheep and an alpacas as beautiful animals that are great to touch and pet, I see sheep as a food source. Before knitting, they were Zoo animals. I now see sheep as being edible and wearable. Donna Lee has also become more technically proficient with the computer. If she'd learn to swear more I'd say she could be an IT professional. The few swears she knows are very colorful and make me proud .Please note: She also humors me by occasional accompanying me in my pursuit of rust, lumber, and dead people's things (estate sales)


Knitting has also changed my wife part Two

Her circle of friends and acquaintances now spans the globe. Your names are daily topics of conversation. Did you read so- and - so's blog today? Is frequently uttered between mother and daughter when conversing, along with a review of the latest Doctor MacNinja or diesel sweetie comics. You folks figure so frequently and prominently in our lives and conversations that it is like you're either a neighbor or a relative. I know more about you folks then I do some of my closest friends, and way more than family. What really impresses me most about Donnas' blog and this circle of friends is you generosity and warmth you all share. I've never seen or experienced anything like it, separated by distance and time you folks rally around each other and support other. I am truly impressed and awed by you all.

Knitting has changed my life

As knitting has changed Donna it has changed me too. First I get to spend every day with this increditable woman, second I get to benefit from the fruits of her labor, third I get to see the joy spread to my children. In all knitting is a wonderful thing.

I did not edit this (ok, I did fix the spelling) but I left the grammar and syntax alone. 

Thorlos are socks.  They are "the second best socks in the world".  We make sure Pk gets a few pairs for his birthday/Christmas each year.