Very belated appreciation for my secret quonsar

March 31, 2017 3:45 PM

I got my amazing, delightful, thoughtful gift package from miratime way back at the end of November...while I was in the middle of a combination of post-election freakout and literally the biggest project of my entire career. So I didn't say thank you properly, and now it's almost April! I especially want to show off these socks that I made with the yarn she gave me. This project has been fun and emotionally soothing and the socks look amazing. :) Thanks again!

PS: the cats looooooved the catnip toy. Alas, the tiny feathers are long gone.

posted by epersonae to MetaFilter-Related at 3:45 PM (17 comments total)

This post doesn't make any sense, where are the cat pics?
posted by ActingTheGoat at 6:02 PM on March 31, 2017 [2 favorites]

What a lovely gift! What great socks! I'm glad you were able to get into the knitting groove after a stressful time.
posted by Orlop at 6:29 PM on March 31, 2017 [1 favorite]

Beautiful yarn and the socks look fantastic!
posted by delight at 8:15 PM on March 31, 2017

I especially want to show off these socks

OOOOOOOOH. Pretty! What a good gift, and what a good project!
posted by MonkeyToes at 9:09 PM on March 31, 2017

Yarn is the best gift!
posted by SLC Mom at 9:19 PM on March 31, 2017

Beautiful yarn, and lovely, cozy-looking socks!
posted by bettafish at 5:41 AM on April 1, 2017

Those are great socks!
posted by Secretariat at 8:41 AM on April 1, 2017 [1 favorite]

I love this! It's like the internet equivalent of those people down the street from me who still have their Christmas tree up.
posted by ilovewinter at 10:45 AM on April 1, 2017 [3 favorites]

Those are lovely! I have bookmarked that pattern!

Paging Billiebee, Billiebee to the 'socks I knitted from Quonsar yarn' thread. ;), here are the socks I knitted this year with the sock yarn I was kindly gifted as part of last year's amazing Quonsar haul.
posted by halcyonday at 11:21 AM on April 1, 2017 [3 favorites]

halcyonday, those are fun!
posted by MonkeyToes at 1:10 PM on April 1, 2017 [1 favorite]

Oh, and here's a cat. (his name is Creamsicle; he's kind of a jerk)
posted by epersonae at 3:51 PM on April 1, 2017 [3 favorites]

halcyonday, those are rad!
posted by epersonae at 3:53 PM on April 1, 2017 [1 favorite]

Beautiful socks, sweet backstory!
posted by bunderful at 9:00 AM on April 2, 2017

Oooh what an awesome Spring present - I'm digging this. :D So glad you and the cats enjoyed the presents, and that you created such delightful socks with the yarn!
posted by miratime at 11:05 AM on April 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

I'm wearing them today and they are dang cozy! :D
posted by epersonae at 11:30 AM on April 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

Oh, nice socks! Now show us the cats with the socks.
posted by bearwife at 1:07 PM on April 7, 2017

Cats, cat toy, and socks!
posted by epersonae at 11:44 AM on April 14, 2017 [2 favorites]