I think I forgot about this post BECAUSE it was right before our daughter's wedding and then our son got married three months after her...so I offer 'momma no brain' as my excuse. You just wait...
So we are living the adventure of parenting...in two weeks our youngest child is getting married! I still cannot wrap my head around that but it is happening no matter what. In-between trying on dresses and getting everything together for the wedding, I've been de-stressing by knitting socks and crocheting a wedding blanket.
I have to laugh at the wedding blanket because my very appreciative children are quick to point out that though they love the hand made things I make them, they are quite blessed with enough blankets at this point. I figure you can never have enough blankets so I blithely keep making them more. I should know better but I can't help but remember the huge knitted brown, crème and black blanket my husband's grandmother made us (or had someone make us...we've been married 34 years so my memory is a little sketch...) for our wedding and we still have it. I think it's still around mostly because it's made from itchy acrylic, the only yarn you could buy in the early 1980's and because it's big...in other words it didn't get used much because of its size. It was made for two people. The color was popular in the '80's but that really doesn't bother me. It's better than
But I thought when my kids get married I'll make them a nice blanket for the happy couple. The first of our kids got married five years ago and their blanket has been stolen by the dog...it was a nice black and white striped number which went with their bedroom décor. The blanket for this daughter is a gentle cream color which should go with everything except my soon-to-be son-in-law's black dog hair.
But hey, it's why I keep knitting and crocheting...you always need a new blanket.
My fever craft right now is knitting socks...I LOVE knitting socks!!! I love the sock yarn I am using...
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