Kids Know Good Stuff

The Tofutsies has been calling my name.....I am nearly done with the BoyWonder's socks (on the toe decreases)
and the ball is talking to me from the yarn bowl (Suzanne.......knit me next.....listen to your knitzanity....)

We are going outta town for the day though, so I will start the footies I owe one of my nieces. Straight
stockinette I can work on in the car and while I talk. A fun lace pattern? Not so much.

Heartwarming sock story:

I had some sparkly pink yarn left over from my own socks, so I made a simple pair of footies for my
nieces birthday. She seemed to like them and i saw her wear them a lot. Turns out, she wears them nearly
every day and has great stress when they are in the wash. Commercial socks have a seam at the toe that
irritates her, and she wears my socks almost exclusively. I told her that she could wash them with
shampoo herself, even wear them into the bath. Though she is only 8, she is completely responsible for them.
She washes and dries them herself, and I rarely see her wearing anything else.

So many of our knitted gift are not appreciated--but these certainly are! She is very knitworthy and needs
another pair. One to wear and one to wash....

I have a theory about kids...they know good stuff. "I may be small but I am not stupid" has been my kid
motto for years. Girlpants was a baby, eating toast with butter. I ran out of butter so I had to put
margarine on the next piece---she threw it at me and yelled! Small, not stupid.

Handknit socks are good stuff! Lingerie for your feet!