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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:48 am
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Has anyone else ever had a project that's been particularly memorable to work on? Like something that just meant the world to someone to get, or to you to make.
Mine was finishing my grandmother's washcloth. When my great-grandmother died, we were cleaning out her house and trying to organize some of the craft things she'd left, and we came upon several garbage bags' worth of yarn and half-finished and a few finished projects. One of them was a half-done washcloth in a purple/blue/lavender Peaches n' Cream cotton with one row done in an off-white. My mother looked at it and said "Too bad it wasn't finished." and sighed, so I took it from her and looked at the pattern, and realized it was the same one I'd used to make a baby blanket a couple years ago, so I told her "I could finish it for you." and did.
It was definitely a moving experience, finishing Grandma's work. It turns out we had the exact same guage, and I was able to use her needles for the whole rest of it. It's an interesting thing to look at for me, the way it's two colors like it is. It's almost like she left it waiting for me...her half, and mine. I love the idea that I was able to help that little piece of her live on like that.
Anyone else have something special to share?
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:17 am
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:04 pm
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:10 pm
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:21 pm
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:29 pm
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:49 am
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