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6th April 09, 08:24 AM
#1
The end of a 7 month Jones
Well rabble, this is the end of the hardest jones I have ever gone through. Seven months ago I asked a lady at my church if she would knit a pair of hose for my upcoming xMarks tartan kilt. She graciously agreed with the understanding that she had never knit hose before. The two of us and out spouses went to the local knitting store and chose the wool necessary for her to knit these hose. Week after week, I would watch her knit on these and watch the progress. Each week it got harder and harder to not push her to get them complete. However, during the service yesterday she presented me with the following....
(click on the image for a larger view).
Now it is time for me to live up to my promise of wearing the completed hose and kilt to the service on the 19th of April!
All I can say is WooHoo!
 
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon
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6th April 09, 08:45 AM
#2
nice for the first attempt at making those, she must knot a lot of other things though, I would assume.
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6th April 09, 09:04 AM
#3
I'd say they're nice PERIOD. Wear them well!
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6th April 09, 09:07 AM
#4
don't get me wrong, i wasn't meaning to demean them in any way, I was just commenting more to how the OP said the knitter had never done those before.
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6th April 09, 09:25 AM
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 Originally Posted by Tattoo Bradley
I'd say they're nice PERIOD. Wear them well!
Brad, these hose are your fault you know. The tartan swatch you sent was used to select the colors. So many thanks to you as well!
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon
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6th April 09, 09:42 AM
#6
Very Nice Mike! Is she aware that her contact information has now become a very valued commodity? 
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6th April 09, 09:53 AM
#7
Those are very nice looking hose. They are even more amazing due to their "first go" status.
They will look great with an XMarks kilt, congrats!
The Barry
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis;
voca me cum benedictis." -"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath)
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6th April 09, 09:55 AM
#8
Those look great, I can't wait to see a picture of the entire outfit together.
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7th April 09, 07:10 AM
#9
This is not the outfit I am going to wear to the Sunday service, but this IS what I have on today!
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon
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7th April 09, 07:20 AM
#10
Looks great. I wonder what a set of yellow or white ties would look like with them
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