Just Plain Silly...

I know that this is going to sound ridiculous but, I’m making this for Chris.

Yesterday I finished his first handmade sock and cast on for number two (you know, a pair would be nice eh?). I had been bustling away on it and it just seemed oddly huge to me; possibly because it’s the first man’s sock I’ve ever made. So gently slipping it over his foot so as to A. not poke him with my super-sharp Knit Picks DPN’s and B. not slip those slippery suckers off the needles (we’d already had a few near incidents at this point and I was getting crazy); I discovered it fit him perfectly!

Though most of the ball area and toes were still exposed all he could exclaim was how warm they were. I think possibly because my hands and lap had warmed the yarn but also because they’re wool. Glorious wool***.

So later, we’re chatting about how nice the sock felt and he asks me to make him another one of these hats…



He loves this hat. Even though I still tease him that he doesn’t appreciate the hand knits I’ve made him if he wears anything but this hat, I know he really loves it. He asked me to make him more so he can wear them to sleep in.

(I swear to you this boy just knows nothing of true cold. He’ll bundle up in sweats, a sweat shirt, a hat and get under 2-3 heavy blankets. Why? Because he’s supposedly freezing… it’s like 60 degrees out!!!)

Then during the night he gets all hot and ends up kicking off all the blankets then pulling them back, kicking them off then pulling them back… The one thing he’s discovered that really helps is the hat I made him. Since he has to wear a CPAP mask for sleep apnea, he can’t easily pull the blankets up to cover his head if he’s cold.

Suddenly, this gentlemen’s nightcap popped into my head. I remember seeing it ages ago in Knitty and kind of goofing on it, but deep down inside I really wanted to knit it badly. Even if it were just to be a piece of décor to use in the guest room, I really wanted to knit one.

Since Chris asked me to make him more hats, I joked I’d make this for him. He goofed on it a bit, I did too. I hadn’t shown him a photo of it until this morning and well… I think he actually likes it too.

Do people still sleep with nightcaps?

***I still maintain that I hate this Regia yarn. It’s splitty and slippery and if it weren’t’ for the fact that it was my first sock yarn EVER purchased… I’d probably have set fire to it by now.