Renata's Socks

We are enjoying—if that is the right word—the first blizzard of the season today. It is sooooooooo windy that even though the snowfall is lighter as I write this, it is difficult to see too far.

But I have soup on the woodstove and two pails of water sitting in the tub in case we lose power. That way, we will have something hot to eat and can flush the toilet, the two major considerations.

And I'm wearing my favorite wool socks. These were hand knitted by a friend of my sister and brother-in-law's, a woman named Renata.

Not only are these warm, they're also not itchy. And they were made of recycled yarn that Renata reused from a sweater she un-knitted.

I do know how to knit but my favorite yarn activity is crocheting. But I sure can appreciate the skill and talent in these socks. They are a fine knit, on size one needles. They are similar to one another but different because Renata let the colors of the sweater yarn start and stop where they lay.

I love that.

In about three hours, Jay and I will head outside to clear the snow. We were hoping to wait until the wind stopped blowing so much but I doubt that that is going to happen. So we'll try to work with our back to the wind which is really going to be a challenge because it is squirreling around.

Gives me something to look forward to, right?