This was the first thing I ever knit. My grandmother, not the governors daughter but the school teacher, taught me when I visiting her a few years ago. I am so glad I asked her to show me. She passed a way a couple of years ago and in going through her belongings, I realized how many traits I got from her.
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She loved to create things with her hands and provide beauty in the everyday. She kept her own cut and paste recipe book and kept every art supply she used.
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I sat on the navy love seat and she rocked, both quiet, until I missed a stitch. Knit 1, Purl 2. I knit in the car passing over the Chesapeake, I knit on the airplane quickly and with sweaty palms to distract me from the nerves, and then I knit when I got back to my own home. I cherish that time we had together.
And I look back, and what is this? It started as a scarf but as one can see,I was new to the idea of knitting. A scarf for a giant. But, he would be a warm giant:)
I also learned a lot from my grandmother, how she celebrated every season and enjoyed every day like it was the first day! What a treasure to pass down and now you can teach your daughters and grand daughters!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzanne. Yes, I cherish those last few times I saw my grandmother and the older I get, I see more and more of her in me and things she taught me.
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