Jofrog is Knitfrog!
December 1 2003
Family
I had a very nice Thansgiving vacation with my family. My mom and
I are very close and it was great to be able to spend some quality time
together. For years and years we have gone into NYC together the
day after thansgiving, and this year was no different. I'll fill
you in on that one tomorrow though; today will be dedicated to other
women in my family.
Saturday evening I went over to my dad's house to see him and his
family. I brought out my Princess socks becase I knew my nine
year old sister would love them, and was hoping she'd love them enogh
to ask me to make her a pair also... well, she did one better than
that. She said with a sigh, "I wish I knew how to knit".
Wow, Really? I'll teach you!
Our great aunts had given me tons of acrylic yarn and the overflow was
stored in my dad's attic so up we went to find her a good color.
Then we went into a bag that was found at my grandfather's house.
This bag had an almost finished sweater that our great-grandmother had
given to our grandmother to seam. Saddly she died before she was
able to finish it, but inside with the sweater (which I must
photograph) was a pair of needles.
Needles and yarn in hand we sat down to knit and my brilliant sister
picked it up in a flash, and even better, she loved it! She knit
for the rest of the evening and when I woke up in the morning she told
me that she'd already knit on row that morning by herself. She
was planning to bring it to school today to show her teacher and
so that she could knit during recess and wants me to show her how to
bind off on Christmas day. (She is planning on her scarf being
done by then, she actually thinks that she'll have to pace herself so
that it doesn't get done too early!)
It's so wonderful to keep things like this in the family and I can't
wait to see our great grandmother's pride when she sees both me and my
sister knitting together.
One other thing that I found at my dad's house is my great
grandmother's spinning wheel. Her father made it for her when she
was growing up in Austria. When she was sixteen she boarded a
boat for the US and settled in NYC. After she was settled her
wheel was sent over to her; again I wish I had a camera with me at my
dad's house. It is the most precious thing I've ever seen.
It is in beautiful shape and delicately small. My great
grandmother still crochets, but no longer spins and her daughters were
going to throw it out on trash day. Thankfully it was saved by my
dad and they are hoping to teach my sister to spin, but if she has no
interst I'll be sure it makes it my way.
I hope that your family time was as enjoyable and fiber filled as mine.
