WIP Wednesday - Mommy Memories
Hello knitting and crafting peeps! It's that time again - time to show off what your working on.
My slouch hat has been put on hiatus right now. Well, the original slouch hat that is, but I started another. This one caught my eye because of the name - Ida's Kitchen, which happens to be my mom's name. My mom taught me how to knit when I was about 12 or 13. I made a stuffed horse, gave it to a baby I babysat and never knit again. My Mom passed away from cancer when I was 15, she was 31. The picture below was taken the summer before she died.
Whenever I knit, I think about my mom and feel a special connection to her. She loved knitting and I'm so glad I found it again. I often wish she were still here so we could knit together. I can picture us drinking coffee, chatting and knitting away. I miss her....
Ida's Kitchen is a stripped slouch hat. I hate weaving in ends, so using chroma, in lollipop instead. I love the bright colors of chroma and can't wait to finish the hat.
My other WIP is the babydoll. I think this is taking me so long because of the boring yarn. I think the doll is too cute all done, but getting to the cute is rough! I like bright, pretty colors and this definitely is not bright. I plan on making her dress bright though!
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Sorry about your mom, but it is so nice that knitting can make you feel close to her.
My nanny was a prolific knitter, but she died when I was young so I never really knew her. My om always comments on how much nanny would have loved seeing me knit.
I love the colours of your yarn, so wonderfully bright!
Wow that is a work in progress. I love the lollipop color:) So sorry about your mom and so glad you did pick up knitting again I know she is very proud of you:) Keep it up hon:)
I like that hat pattern a lot, and what a genius idea to use a self striping yarn to avoid weaving in ends. Sorry to hear about your mom, even though it was so long ago, I always get emotional when I hear cancer stories and the lives its taken.
~Lisa
I am so sorry about your Mom. What a great way to somehow connect with her when you knit. That hat is going to be awesome. LOVE that colour combo and I am like in that I hate weaving in ends :)
It's wonderful that your mom was able to pass on her knitting legacy to you. Cheers to you as you continue knitting in her footsteps.
Can I say how much I hate weaving ends in too? I definitely have to develop some patience and just do that part of projects well.
I LOVE the yarns colorway. They're SO bright and gorgeous.
I took up knitting again when my Mom became sick. She and I used to knit companionably together when she was too ill to walk around or go out. Your Ida's kitchen hat is sure to be gorgeous and loaded with good feelings!
I understand how you miss your mom. I miss my grandma who used to embroider and I do wish we could sit and do that together.
Beautiful knitting . . . .
I have similar memories attached to crochet, which my mom taught me when I was thirteen. She died of lupus complications last year. I couldn't crochet at all for a whole year, but I finally found my crochet hook in my hand a few weeks ago and was suddenly feeling so much more at peace. I'm glad knitting is a positive memory for you. And that lolipop yarn is just AWESOME!
JNCL
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