Crafty Mom

My mother, who has always been much craftier than me, expressed an interest in knitting while visiting my humble apartment a few months ago. "But," she said as she worked diligently on the world's smallest and tightest-knit swatch, "I simply don't have the time to knit at home, what with your Graduation Quilt that I haven't finished yet." (I graduated 5 years ago)

Oh, how well I knew the siren song of knitting. Not one month later, she called me, frantic for pattern-reading help. Then, last week, she sent me a picture of her first almost-Finished Object - a pillow cover. Posted here with her permission, because I'm so proud of her.



In her own words: The story is, I found the pattern on the back of a Caron Wintuk 100" Acrylic Yarn wrapper. You're suppose to knit 2 of the pattern, sew them together and stuff it with a pillow form. The pattern is very simple, just knits, purls, and slips, you don't even have to count. I already had a pillow with an ugly side and just 2 large skeins of this brown color, (not enough to do two sides) so I decided to experiment. I knitted the center section and tied up the bows. I then sewed the patch onto the stretched out pillow cover. Well, I still have several inches of the ugly material showing so . . . I am crocheting a open weave pattern around the edges, (mostly cause I don't know how much of this brown is left on the skein.)

Wow, doesn't that look great? I didn't even know my mom could crochet! Of course, I've always known that she excels at whatever she puts her mind to. Renaissance dress for me, circa 7th grade? No problem. Re-frame and reupholster half of my broken couch? Easy peasey.

I'll have some updates on my own projects soon.