Iris' Knit n Things

 I started the sweater in the fall of 2006, when the air was crisp and the pages of Vogue Knitting felt like possibility in my hand. The yarn was soft, the color just right—something I imagined wearing on a day that hadn’t happened yet. Back then, I believed projects always got finished. But life has a way of setting things down for me. The sweater had many lives before becoming whole. It moved from basket to box, from one home to another. It waited through busy seasons, through ordinary years, through moments when knitting felt like a luxury instead of comfort. I would find it sometimes, needle still sticking in the stitches, as if holding its breath. I’d promise, “soon”, tuck it away again. Twenty years is a long time to carry something unfinished. In 2024 my mother passed. I had taken care of her—sat beside her, tended to her, loved her through the slow, tender unraveling of time. When she was gone, the world shifted in a way I wasn’t prepared for, like a dropped stitch racing b...

 Here’s GogoDynomo ! I have her blocking.  She turned out lovely.  I love how she makes me look like an Aztec warrior when I wear her!

 I am stuck home due to snow and icy roads. So I crochet some slippers. I really love how warm and cozy these feel. On my next try, I think I use a harder, more supportive sole. Right now, these feel more like socks. This is my first winter in retirement, and I am so happy I do not have to be out in that cold.  For now, I’ll complete the other slipper and probably make a couple more as gifts. I also will prepare for an interview I have tomorrow, for a volunteer at a Hospice service.  It’s for an administrator. I figured something to do a couple of days a week.  For now I’ll wait and see what six more weeks of winter feels like with my new slippers!