I am So looking forward to hose that String knitted for me. w2f has commented on it in my PM's. I just wrote a long note to String about it, and that got me to thinking.

First of all, the hose are beautiful, in and of themselves. I have no doubt that I will love them the moment I open the box and for many years to come. But it's more than just that. These hose have come to be more than just a nifty pair of kilt hose. You see, during the process, String and I have written back and forth many times. I've talked to Yeti on the phone about his in-progress box-pleat. And so, totally unexpectedly, what's happened is that I that through this kilt hose project, I've gotten to know two really wonderful young people...String and Yeti....just a little bit. They're great! That is worth so much more than the price of the hose!

When I realized that I got to thinking. You know, it's one thing to go buy a kilt or sporran or a sgian dubh. But when someone you know takes their own two hands and crafts something for you, the process somehow turns the thing itself into something much more wonderful.

Panaches Dad has a jacket altered by the F-H.C.A.G
WalkerK and Panache have kilts made by way2fractious
TimC and Panache and Piper George have kilts made by me, the F-H.C.A.G. has a skirt I made for her.
the F-H.C.A.G made an X-kilt for Cloves who lives on the other side of the continent!
I have a sgian don't given to me by Panache, as do several others

...the list goes on here in the Nor Cal Rabble... I think that I would do badly at being a professional kiltmaker. Most of the joy I get out of making kilts for others is that they are for those people. Does this make sense? Besides, I'm not good enough to go pro!

Through these hose, I have a contact with String and Yeti, and that is, well....in a way it's kind of magical. They live on the other side of the county and yet we're friends and String made kilt hose for me. That's incredible. I really like that. I've made a lot of stuff for other people and I really enjoy it. But it's magical to be on the receiving end, too.

I'm really glad I followed the link to Strings blog and them PM'd her. Thanks Yeti. Thanks, String. Y'all rock. If you're ever out here in California, the pizza is on me!