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Cool? Or Not Cool?

July 26, 2007 By Carole

Hannah failed her school eye exam this past spring so yesterday I took her to the eye doctor for her first check up. After filling out the typical first visit paperwork we sat down to wait for her name to be called. Naturally, I pulled out my sock and commenced knitting.

It wasn’t more than a few moments before one of the technicians came over and said, “Hey, I like that sock you’re knitting!” I was shocked because no one ever recognizes that I’m knitting socks – most people see something small-ish and assume it’s a baby sweater. So I thanked her for the compliment and she said she was a knitter and she asked about the yarn and the magic loop method and it was cool.

Then the woman selling eye glass frames came over and asked to see the sock. And she asked about the yarn and the magic loop method and the pattern I was using and then she showed me her current sock in progress. I told her how to find the Charade pattern online and she told me how everyone in the doctor’s office knits together during lunch and, again, it was cool.

I have to admit, I was feeling a little smug at this point. Clearly I was surrounded by knitters and they were appreciating my sock. So I turned to Hannah and said, “See, knitting can be cool.”

And then her name was called and she got up and I got up to follow her into the exam room. And I was feeling very cool. Until I got to the exam room and I realized that I had dropped my sock in progress back in the waiting room. The ball of yarn, of course, was still in my purse, leaving a very long trail back down the hallway, past the reception desk, to the waiting room. Sigh. So much for being cool.

Speaking of cool – check out Hannah in her new glasses.

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She’s almost as cool as her mom, eh?

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  1. Sara says

    July 26, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    Funny how those things happen. Love Hannah’s new glasses – she is beautiful!

  2. holly says

    July 26, 2007 at 10:09 pm

    Great “trail of yarn” story. I did something similar with much worse results. The story is here:

    http://teddystutz.livejournal.com/120047.html

  3. Jennifer says

    July 26, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    Hey, I think you’re cool! You were just showing off the yarn… Yeah, that’s it.

    Love her new glasses. Tres chic.

  4. amanda says

    July 26, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    too funny! and hannah looks great with her glasses!

  5. Debi says

    July 26, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    You were just taking the pressure off Hannah like a good Mom! Hannah looks beautiful in here new specs!

  6. JessaLu says

    July 27, 2007 at 12:04 am

    Hannah looks very cool in the new specs :o)

  7. Alarming Female says

    July 27, 2007 at 1:28 am

    Lovely photos–lovely girl

  8. Alarming Female says

    July 27, 2007 at 1:36 am

    lovely photos–lovely girl

  9. Birdsong says

    July 27, 2007 at 9:25 am

    A very cute story, and of course a very cute daughter. She will think you are much cooler in just a few years:)

  10. knitnana says

    July 27, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    I love that you can laugh at yourself! Anyone who knits socks needs a really good sense of humor! 😉
    And Hannah looks VERY cool.
    I still get, “what’s that you’re crocheting?”
    (((hugs)))

  11. Laurie says

    July 27, 2007 at 4:37 pm

    Very very cool. Hannah, yes. Her mom? Of course. Trailing yarn is nothing.

  12. gale (she shoots sheep shots) says

    July 27, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    Very cool glasses. Cute daughter. Slightly dorky mom, sorry, but it takes one to know one.You can find me trailing bits of yarn in public regularly.

  13. Teyani says

    July 27, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    loe it!
    Hey, it’s better than a roll of toilet paper dangling behind (heh heh)
    Tell Hannah I love her glasses!

  14. J.P. says

    July 29, 2007 at 10:36 am

    Cool glasses AND cool story!
    I wish that fun glasses looked good on me, but I always look goofy with the ones I really like!

  15. Heather says

    July 29, 2007 at 11:35 am

    Tres cool! Hannah looks fab no matter what you put on her. Soooo when can I set her up with my bro’ Evan? Knitting in public-it has its plusses and minuses. I just saw my knitting-inspiration person last weekend, and discovered she has never used circulars! Wow.

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