Weaving in the Ends by Freakishlemon (gen)

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Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Pairing: John Watson & Sherlock Holmes
Length: on the short side of medium
Author on LJ: freakishlemon
Author Website: FF.net (but no Sherlock stories)
Why this must be read:

This is one of the most adorable John stories ever. John's gran teaches him how to knit when he is eight. As he grows up what he knits, who he knits it for, how friends and family react to his knitting, and what knitting means to him are all woven into his character. John doesn't tell Sherlock.... not really that he is embarrassed but that he is curious about how long it will take his flatmate to figure it out.

Warning: you may experience an inexplicable urge to take up knitting yourself.

There is also a charming podfic, read by lunchee.

John could never remember how long he had watched, but it occurred to him some time later that he was watching something being made. He'd made things at school, of course – paper Christmas ornaments and the like – but his gran was making a real, proper thing. Someone would wear whatever it was when she finished it.

"How does it work?" he had asked, endlessly fascinated with the soft clicks and the texture of the yarn when he got up and touched the finished parts of the knitting.

"Like this." And his gran had turned it so that he could see how her hands moved. He still didn't understand, but he watched eagerly. She had asked if he wanted to learn and he had said yes without hesitation.

Weaving in the Ends
Weaving in the Ends podfic