Another Knitting Book!

From my beloved husband, it being Valentines Day. Peeking out from under the book you can spy a chart – that is his gift, as yet unfinished (since he bought me the yarn for it when he bought the book!) – the Squirrel and Oakleaf mittens from Hello Yarn.

There is an inscription on the ~~frontispiec~~ blank page that would be the frontispiece if it weren’t blank (which it isn’t, since he wrote an inscription – does that make it a frontispiece after all?) which reads in part:

To Anna: Who has always warmed my heart, and recently my head, neck, hands…..

I believe I have mentioned this in the past, but it bears repeating – my husband is wonderful, and I love him dearly.

On that note – Stephanie’s Valentine’s Day post is seriously worth reading. I agree with her wholeheartedly about the need for women (and to a lesser degree men) to “de-romaticize” love if it is to provide a sound basis for lasting relationships. Love isn’t the book or the yarn, it’s the time and understanding it took to choose them.