sherriknits

 (the last row close-up)

I was hoping to get the 4th clue finished before I go to work today so maybe I can knit on something else for a day.  I may accomplish that, but wanted to post before I get myself moving along with other things.

It is breezy today so I did the best I could do to get a picture.  Some people take the time to pin them out nicely, but I don’t think I care to have dog or cat hair on my unfinished work…

Last night, hubby and I were on our mini-date and as we were driving home and I was knitting, I was telling him about talking with a lady who was wanting to start some heirloom knitting to be passed down through her family.  Her grandmother had started a tradition with each grandchild as they were expecting their first baby.  She made white bonnets with a ruffle and pink rosebuds…whether it was a girl or boy.  Their family has now started a family tree that has expanded to over 500 people taking part.  As they share their stories of different family members on the tree, a story that comes up repeatedly is regarding those bonnets.  Even the guys treasure theirs. 

I kind of went through regretting not knitting the bride a shawl of some sort. If I had started early enough I could have done it but when I started wishing I had, there really wasn’t time and my family didn’t need to deal with me trying to meet a knitting deadline during wedding preparations!  She isn’t really the shawl type, but just the gift of it might have been nice.  I guess what kept me from pursuing it is that having 4 kids…3 of whom will certainly marry…I didn’t want to get myself into something that caused everyone a lot of stress. 

What I CAN do is make some special baby gift for my grandchildren to come.  Even though I wasn’t really considered a knitter then, I did make each of my babies a special hat to come home from the hospital in.  I need to dig those out one of these days and see what I did.

I was blessed when hubby said my stole was beautiful and remarked on the detail.  I have seen him get a bit frustrated a few times when I was so buried in finding a mistake that I couldn’t talk.  He does appreciate what I do, though…and encourages it.  Since I went back to knitting from the chart, I have been able to be better company so I haven’t seen any frustration for at least a week. 

The next post should be of the completed clue 4!  Tomorrow clue 5 will be posted and we’ll know the theme.