by Cytotoxin
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"...twenty, twenty one, twenty two, twenty three..." - it was meditative, indeed. Calming, even. Pushing her reading glasses up, Twilight consulted the knitting pattern again, Knitting was surprisingly easy once you knew what you were doing and could follow the directions. And Twilight excelled at following directions. Two scarves were sitting next to her as a testament to initial trials being passed with flying colors (lavender and pink respectively, as it were).
Right now, she was busy knitting something more complex, however - a set of hoofsocks. When she first examined the concept, she`s been dismissive of it, even more so then usual when it came to clothes. Socks just didn`t seem to serve any reasonable function. And then her mother insisted upon putting those mittens on her decades ago. Little Twilight fell in love with useless concept. It was just so... snuggly. Still, she didn`t care or dare to share that little guilty pleasure with anypony until recently. Having a very special pony, however, did wonders for her openness, at least towards Cadence.
And so, Twilight had endeavoured to create sets of socks for both of them. Buying them from Rarity was always an option - one she explored a few times already by now, but now Twilight wanted something more... personal. "...seventeen, eighteen, nineteen..." - she muttered as the door opened and Cadence stepped in, shivering. There was a bit of snow in Cadence`s mane and more then a bit in her feathers - something that should obviously be taken care of rather expeditiously.
"Hello, love." - Twilight offered casually as she set the knitting aside and stood up, stretching out her hooves and wings as Cadence made her way over after shaking herself off from crystallized water. Twilight leaned in to nuzzle Cadence playfully, and shivered at the hint of chill pink coat still carried. "Brr. It`s really cold outside, isn`t it?" - she proffered rhethorically as she sidled up to her marefriend and threw a wing over her to warm her up.
Cadence nuzzled back gratefully. "Just a bit nippy, dear." - she retorted - "On a better note, we`re all set with preparations. I have to say, it`s a bit unusual for me not to rush at everything in the last moment, however. It`s going to be weird waiting two more days till the actual party." Twilight simply nuzzled her again, murmuring - "I`m sure we`ll find something to keep us occupied."