are you sitting down?

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you might need a tissue, too

is it possible to love anything more than i love this thing?

(pssst, i took all these pictures myself—obviously, i’m not much of a self-portraitist)

david has learned to knit.
in secret.
while i was at TNNA.
with help from my friend kim thank you kim!!). they bonded while we were there in january (there’s nothing like a guy that loves your friends).

and he made me this scarf.
he even blocked it (that was his own idea, no prompting from kim).

it’s the perfect size to wear at my desk, when i get the coldest—big enough to be warm as a shawl and cover my lap, small enough not to get in my way while i work.

i haven’t taken it off since he gave it to me.
after classes were over yesterday, the house seemed really quiet, but i knew david was here somwhere.
so i went looking and ended up on the third floor. there he was, surrounded by TV wiring with his hands behind his back. when he drew them out, this is what filled them

i made this for you, he said.
i’ve always hoped that someday he’d try knitting, but i never ask him . . . i figured he’d come to it at some point if he really wanted to. then while i was at TNNA, he got into a discussion with kim about it. before he knew what hit him, she’d set him up with some yummy yarn (manos del uruguay) and got him working the needles (kim is so clutch; she’s a woman in charge.).

really, you could knock me over with a feather. still.
but wow, am i ever thrilled about it—i always pictured him enjoying knitting, but wondered if it would ever come true. and i think he likes it, though he says he can’t do it while watching TV yet. heh, that will come eventually. i’m looking forward to better stash management now that we are a multi-knitter household.
(actually, my imagination is running wild with the possibilities, but i’ll leave it at that for now.)

i wonder what he’ll do next??

190 thoughts on “are you sitting down?

  1. Aw, that is just wonderful! Wow. Really special. What a kind hearted thing he did making a scarf for you! Very thoughtful. I can only imagine how much you treasure your gift.

  2. Yay for David! He did a wonderful job and you are a lucky lady. I must admit, I secretly hope my husband NEVER knits for I just wouldn’t be able to share my yarn stash.

  3. Woot Woot. That is fabulous! The colors are awesome. 🙂 David – great job! (No fair- your first finished knitting looks too good to be true! *grin* Good thing my first finished knitterly things are well hidden…then I can explain that moths got to them…)

  4. OMG, can we get a YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! My heart filled up and I don’t even know the guy!!!!! well hardly anyway….

  5. De-lurking to applaud your David. I feel like a total geek for admitting that this post made me choke up, but there you. So sweet!!!

  6. OMG! I skimmed the pictures and was admiring the yarn which is just beautifuland I then I read that David made it! Those are truly all your colors in that shawl! Bake that man a cake!

  7. Yowza! You are one lucky woman!

    Kudos to David. That is no small project. It looks great and I even love the little beginner’s mistakes because it gives the fabric a lot of character.

  8. Pass me a tissue… that’s the most romantic thing I’ve heard in a long time. You’re one lucky woman.

  9. That is really the sweetest thing! I think that every knitter has a little secret dream that their spouse will just *try* it… 😉

    David – it’s Perfect – and you are a wonderful husband (but I am sure that she has already told you that a few times).

  10. Aaawwww! That is the most darling gift!!! I’m sitting here sniffling along w/all your other fans. And in such a classic Manos colorway (Wildflowers).

    For a new knitter, he’s goshdarn fast too.

  11. that is wonderful! my brother-in-law hinted at me teaching him to knit since I was teaching is wife. maybe i should get him some yummy yarn and get started!

  12. That is just the most romantic thing I’ve heard this February. Wow! So your husband is talented (the scarf is beautiful) lovely and handsome. Where can I get me one of those?

  13. Dear David –

    Is there another one like you at home? If so, could I please have his number?

    Barbara

  14. This is the kind of present that makes your year! What a wonderful and caring husband you have. He truly knows the way to your heart. Great job David and such wonderful colors too!

  15. How wonderful. He loves you more than anything, That scarf says you are my life more than any other gift could. So special. Enjoy every second of it. Happy family knitting!

  16. that’s a great story. he learned really fast to crank out that scarf/shawl in that length. go david!! you are one of the great ones.

  17. Aw, what a sweet slightly-after-Valentine’s present! The only problem with having another knitter in the house is having to share the yarn.

    Good job, David!

  18. I’ve said this before…I wish we could clone him!

    And now, I’ll say – you’re just about the luckiest gal around – you go, DAVID!!!
    (((Hugs)))

  19. How cool for you! And how cool for David!

    Once my husband learned to knit it was a very short time before he started to amass his own stash. Now we each have one! (And I’m pretty sure his has more yarn in it than mine!) It is fun though to live with a person who understands. It’s like a 24 hour knitting group around here.

  20. seriously? that may be the most romantic thing I have ever heard in my life. you are one lucky gal. all I want to know is…how many skeins did he use? because that looks like one awesome sittin-in-front-on-the-tv-veging out garter stitch wonder to me!

  21. I think you could safely say that David no longer belongs to the ranks of the “gift challenged”. Very nice indeed.

  22. Oh my word! You have found yourself a keeper in that man, lucky dog you. I’ve managed to seduce most of the members of my household, but as I’m only 15 I have no experience on the husband front. I’ll be thankful if I’m half as lucky as you!

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