Knitted Gifts
This will be a quick post before I run off to work today. I received a gift a couple of weeks ago. Not necessarily a Christmas gift, but it was given to me around the Holidays. Most of you know that I recently had a pattern of mine published on Knitty.com. Well my mother, as any mother would be, was very proud of this and let all of the knitters and crocheters in the family know. Shortly after that, I received phone calls from Mom with not-so-veiled questions on how could she find and download the pattern, what kind of yarn would work best - did it have to be cashmere, and what was my favorite color?
Just before New Year's, Mom arrived for her scheduled visit bearing gifts for Christmas. When she handed me this
I was shocked. When she told me that my Great-Aunt Vera made it for me I bawled like a little baby. (Is your mom good at making you cry, too?) Aunt Vera, until recently, was the only Knitter in a family of Crocheters and is my oldest living relative - 89. I don't get to see her very often because she lives "back home", but I do visit her whenever I'm in town. So now I have a more practical (read: warm) version of Halcyon to wear all the time and I'm so grateful that my dear Aunt Vera would spend her precious knitting hours on me.
But wait... There's more! So what does an eternally grateful knitter do when she wants to thank someone??
She knits them something, of course!
Ravelry Link
Behold, The Bird In Hand Mittens by Kate Gilbert. (The yarn is Cascade 220) The first one is nearly finished and they should be in the mail shortly and on their way to keeping my aunt's hands warm this winter.
Awwww...nice!!!
Posted by: no-blog-rachel | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 13:35
How sweet of your mom to spread the word and of your Great-Aunt to knit for you. She'll love the mittens!
Posted by: Janice | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 14:32
Thanks Jeni for making me cry today...
Posted by: Lisa | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 16:16
What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing that!
Posted by: Rachael | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 07:50
Ooooh! Very nice stuff. :)
Posted by: Romi | Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 22:22
And a wonderful story. :)
Posted by: Romi | Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 22:24
Aunt Vera is nice! Your Mom asked her to make Keegan a sweater! She also showed me this site! Congrats on the pattren too!
Posted by: Cousin Cory | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 19:32