Sunday, April 22, 2007

Surprises






I was looking at my iPhoto Library and noticed that the pictures from a CD my dad had given me last year were missing, so I decided to download them again. In my eternal desire to procrastinate on working on my Master's Thesis, (I spent most of yesterday on it.) I started browsing through them and realized something that I'd never noticed before. I had quite a few handknit sweaters when I was little. I know who made them--my aunt Marion. She was more of an artist than a knitter, but she really got me started with knitting and took me to my first yarn shop when I was in college. I've never considered myself to be that attractive, not ugly or even plain, just not that great. BUT I have to say, I was pretty darn cute when I was little, and I think I look so cozy in those little sweater. I know that I have the pattern for the little cream and red stocking cap. I might even have the sweater pattern too, I'll bet, since I have most of my aunt's pattern books. They're from the forties and fifties, and I wish that I'd taken better care of them. Oh well!


I have a friend at work who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. They are having a "hat exchange" for her next week which I think is nice although I don't get the "exchange" part of it. I just want to give her a hat. I had some cashmere that I bought from Elan last year. It was really inexpensive, so I just bought it with no consideration for what I would turn it into. I think it makes a really pretty cap. I used the pattern from Headhuggers It was easy although I had to restart it at least three times because I didn't count right when knitting the lacey part. I'm nothing if not tenacious!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness...you were just adorable as a child....those cat-eye glasses are so funny/cute!!

Trust me folks...Caroline is lovely looking....don't let her modesty fool you...

Ann M
her sis in law in NE

Knittings Nice! said...

Hey what a cutie pie, lurve the specs...your piccys don't look dated like mine...

Julie said...

You are just so darned cute! And you know, I miss my little Keds like the ones you're wearing -- with the rubber toe cover. But truthfully those sweaters are gorgeous and so is the hat you made. Very stylish - and real pick-me-up, just what your friend needs. When is your thesis due?

dorothee said...

So I'm not the only one procrastinating the Master's Thesis... boy, I'm glad about that!

Thanks for your comment by the way, I really appreciated it. The gun lobby is actually using Blacksburg as a point for selling even more guns... how much more whacko can they get? (Sorry about the language) They're pushing it because there's money behind it, and power.

Glad you liked my blog!

marit said...

You look cute- and those sweaters are great! Thanks for stopping by my blog:-)
There might be lots of pretty stuff in old knittingmagazines-although the fit is slightly out of fashion...