instead of marking essays, i am showing off some early birthday loot (39 on saturday. eeck!). the lovely amanda, my latest sock evangelista, gave me this last night at flyball training:
woohoo! i love it. i love that its all about OLD socks, it makes the patterns feel really precious. knitting them will appeal greatly to the historian in me. i love that it has all the info at the front about sock construction and history. i love the sections on technique. i love all the really great mens socks. for my own purposes, i especially love these three designs - "fancy silk sock for a child, 1900":
"childs sock in miranda pattern, 1904":
"evening stockings for a young lady, 1900" (perfect for me, n'est pas?):
of course, making these will require some stash enhancement.
i also got a lovely present on tuesday from my students in nowra:
teaching them was a pleasure enough, this was icing on the cake. the card said some really nice things. as i sit here looking at this pile of politics essays, i have some faith that some dismal first years will become dazzling third years!
cant wait for tomorrow :)
k xx
6 comments:
happy birthday Kylie! You are the same vintage as Mr Bells. '68 was obviously a good year.
I really, really want that book!
Happy Birthday!! It is a fab book (as all of Nancy Bush's books are!!). Not only the same vintage as Mr Bells, but also Mr Red as well!
Happy birthday Kylie!! Hope it's a fantastic day!
That book looks rooly lovely too, by the way. What a great friend you have!
Happy, happy birthday, Kylie. The birthday fairy came thru big time!
1968 was obviously a banner year, because Mr Frog is also among that exalted company!
Happy birthday (you;re a baby!) Lovely loot! Have fun with the book!
I love that sock book as well! Haven't as yet knitted anything from it.
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