Knitting Kirk

[echoelee.livejournal.com]

I've been searching for this story for three days with no luck.

It's a Kirk/Spock story, where Kirk and Spock are playing chess in Kirk's quarters and he notices that Spock's mom sweater has a hole. He fixes the hole and then, later on, he gives Spock a replica of the sweater his mom gave him and a new sweater. McCoy notices the sweater and tells him that Kirk doesn't knit sweaters for just anyone. McCoy had a green sweater Kirk made him.

Not being able to find this story is driving me crazy!

Thanks in advance!!

Edit: FOUND!! It's blcwriter's Knitting Lessons. Thanks to prosperity2929.

Comments

[prosperity2929.livejournal.com]

I believe it's blcwriter's Knitting Lessons (http://blcwriter.livejournal.com/31914.html#cutid1).

Yes! Awesome!

[echoelee.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

I knew it had to be someone I read regularly because I knew I had read it more than once. But my list of regular authors in ST is too long (what a problem to have right?) Excellent!!

[snowflakespeech.livejournal.com]

I love this story for so many reasons...It's K/S, it has the *sweater*, and, well, I'm a knitter. Interesting side note, the actual sweater in the movie wasn't knitted. It was made from a piece of woven fabric found by one of the production staff then cut and put on a backing to give it better drape and sewn up. So it's a one of a kind piece. This topic had all kinds of knitting forums abuzz for days until someone (actually here on LJ) contacted somebody from the production staff and asked (and obviously) got a response.

[echoelee.livejournal.com]

There is just something that screams caretaking about a handknit item. I just love the idea of Spock's mom making the (apparently impossible to make in reality) sweater and I adore the idea of Kirk continuing the tradition. I also really enjoy that all this occurs before K/S even admit to having feelings for each other. The scene I kept remembering was the one where Kirk was fixing the original sweater, wearing glasses, and chatting with a completely off-balance Spock.

[snowflakespeech.livejournal.com]

Oh, totally. And, y'know, it's not possible to make the *exact* sweater, but I'm certain (partly because I've seen pix of someone who did it) that a close replica can be knit...Check out Ravelry.com It owns my knitterly soul.

[echoelee.livejournal.com]

I love handmade crafts, but I'm terrible at knitting. I finally learned how to crochet, but knitting is tough stuff. I've been admiring it from afar.

[snowflakespeech.livejournal.com]

If you get comfortable with your level of crocheting, do consider trying knitting again. I felt the same as you before I figured the knitting stuff out. It also helps if you have a local yarn shop--not a place like Jo-Ann's or Michael's or whatever, but a locally owned place. The people there usually are very willing to help a beginner out. YouTube was my best friend before I found my LYS. My problems were I kept dropping stitches (not enough tension to make the stitches tight enough on the needles) and twisting my stitches (a product of learning from a book and YouTube which I only recently corrected--and I've been knitting steadily for about two years now). Either way, check out Ravelry.com if you haven't! Lots of fun people and (free!) patterns for knitting and crocheting!