why am i likening my mother to a tube of toothpaste? because... on may 9th, i finally finished her chinese new year socks, nearly 3 months after chinese year!! however, this wait was well worth it: her 2 socks ended up coming out exactly the same! this was totally by chance, as each ball of yarn i bought for the socks knit out into a striping pattern. after i finished each sock, i would immediately start the next one, and thus i had no control over the striping result of each sock. if i were to force the socks to be the same by starting the 2nd sock at the same point in the repeated pattern as the first one, i could potentially waste a ton of yarn. forget that! i'm chinese and we're thrifty!
so, after 7 pairs of socks that i knit this year for bdays and chinese new year, the 8th pair came out with identical socks. 8 is the chinese lucky number (it's why i have an 8 at the end of my email address)! even bunks was so excited that he insisted on being in the picture. good things come to those who wait!
so, after 7 pairs of socks that i knit this year for bdays and chinese new year, the 8th pair came out with identical socks. 8 is the chinese lucky number (it's why i have an 8 at the end of my email address)! even bunks was so excited that he insisted on being in the picture. good things come to those who wait!
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