Listen up all you husbands and boyfriends, and in some cases wives and girlfriends. Valentine's day is coming. This will help you.
1. Call your modest collection of hand knit socks your "real" socks
2. Offer to drive anytime you are in the car together.
3. While driving, offer to stop by a yarn shop, just for fun.
4. Say "Man, I love the smell of wet wool in the morning" and really mean it.
5. Develop a fetish for hand washing things.
6. Get a T shirt that says "Moth Hunter"
7. Claim that you love how cozy your home looks with all this yarn in it.
8. Tell your knitter that you think charts aren't just clever but dead sexy. This, however, will only work if your knitter enjoys them. If they do not, change charts for written instructions.
9. On Valentine's day, know that red sock yarn is cheaper than roses and lasts a lot longer.
10. Knit, but only a little and with your own damn yarn.
Hopes this helps all those who feel left out as their partners play with two sticks and some string.
Post adapted from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee from her book "Free Range Knitter"
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