Skip to main content

Going Home

Yesterday after less than 48 hours in the hospital M took her parents home with her. She lives in cold country so it was necessary for her to bundle up for the ride.
Luckily this sleepy little one didn't actually drive home
Admittedly I am bias, but isn't she about as adorable as she can be? The hand knit sweater, of course, immediately (ok second or third glance) got my attention. It was not one I had made, but then I recognized the little hood with the pom pom on top. It certainly looks like one my Mother makes. This sweater was first written about in this blog here. Last night during a Facetime discussion I could verify that indeed this was a sweater made by the great grandmother, someone I call Mom.  Here's a photo so you can more completely see how it looks. M's is in pink rather than this cream colour, however.
Mom's hooded sweater
This pattern is a favorite of my Mom's; many of her great-grandchildren have received one and now so has M.  Mom has shared the pattern with me, copied out of some book or magazine by someone else years ago, but I avoid using it because it is Mom's specialty.

So the very thoughtful parents brought new baby home in a sweater her great-grandmother made for her. How sweet is that. The new mom even did a shout out to great grandma on Facebook. (BTW--I got to see that little black sweatshirt she has on under the sweater. It says right across the front~~You make me HAPPY~~. I think that works for both M describing her parents and vice versa.)

And finally, just because I can, here's another cute, happy Dad moment. Again taken by the very talented Grandpa Schaffer.

A dear father-daughter moment

Doesn't that look on M's face say it all? And it is something like, "Oh, please get that scruffy brush away from my face!" Plus, the tenderness in that kiss from Dad says, "I love you so very, very much." Clearly all of us are very fortunate to be able to enjoy these touching photos.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Anatomy of a Sock

I've been knitting socks for a relatively short time.  One of the disconcerting things for me as I started following patterns for socks is the pattern designer assumes the knitter (in this case that would be me) knows all the parts of a sock.  So I thought I'd devote a post to improve my own knowledge about the anatomy of a sock and maybe some of you will learn something about the humble yet necessary sock as well. Here's the names of the parts of the foot as I know them. #49 ankle, #50 heel, #51, instep, #52 ball, #53 big toe, #54 toe, #55 little toe, #56 toenail. There are some parts more important for this discussion; first the heel of a foot is generally used to refer to the entire C-shape from the ankle to the instep.  Speaking of the instep, it refers to that curve near the bottom of the foot.  And what seems to be missing in the design above is the sole which generally refers to the bottom of the foot in total or plantar aspect in more technical terms.  (BTW
2 comments
Read more

Ode to the Cat

It has been six months since Mike, the cat's, passing.  I think of him every day and miss him especially when Paul is away.  Mike was a being in the house with me and we were close.  Grieving his death has been muddled with my Dad's passing and sometimes I feel guilty about that happening.  As time passes the ache becomes less hurtful for both and I am starting to get mostly good memories in its place. Recently I helped celebrate Pablo Neruda's birthday with Jami, my poet and overall very creative friend.  Guests were asked to select one poem written by Neruda to read to the small group who gathered for the celebration.  I picked this one: Ode To The Cat -- Pablo Neruda There was something wrong with the animals: their tails were too long, and they had unfortunate heads. Then they started coming together, little by little fitting together to make a landscape, developing birthmarks, grace, flight. But the cat, only the cat turned out finished, and
1 comment
Read more

Knitting-Related Guinness World Records

I had to share some of the Guinness World Records connected with knitting.  It is amazing to me the type of skill, stamina and unique characteristics these record holders have in common. How about trying to knit with these SPNs?? Ingrid Wagner and her large needles and knitted swatch The largest knitting needles measured 3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in) long and had a diameter of 8 cm (3.15 in). Ingrid Wagner, a rug and art creation artist, from the UK used the needles to knit a tension square of ten stitches by ten rows at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, on March, 10 2008.  (And I complained about getting certain SPNs stuck in my clothes.)  See how this swatch was done with merely 5 people managing the needles.  And what about the yarn?  It is truly ex-bulky.  It looks like they're knitting in a warehouse, but with a wingspan of almost 24 feet or 7 m, you'd need all that space.  Or how about the longest piece of finger knitting that measured 4,321.4 m
Post a Comment
Read more