The Next Projects: An honour has been bestowed upon me

Last weekend, myself and Mr. BF went up to the Ottawa Valley for his mom’s wedding. She was getting remarried. It was a wonderful trip and the couple looked so happy. I had the opportunity to meet new people and to learn a little more about Mr. BF’s family history.

Mr. BF’s grandmother passed away a while back and I found out that she was an avid knitter. Apparently she left two projects unfinished before she passed away, a pair of mittens and a pair of socks. Since I enjoy knitting, Mr. BF’s mom gave me the projects to finish. I am so honoured that she would entrust me with this.

The pair of socks should be easy enough to finish once I find the appropriate yarn. The ends of the yarn have been cut and there was no extra ball of yarn with the socks. This should be easily fixed with a trip to Romni. These, I’m told, will be knit for Mr. BF as the size of the sock looks to be suited to a man’s foot.

The mittens will be a little more difficult. Though I have learned to knit mittens, I have not learned Fair Isle techniques (the interchanging of yarn colours in a row, seen in the mitts as the alternating light green and red). So the plan is to sign up for a class in the next few months so that I can learn this technique. The mitts will then be going to Mr. BF’s mom.

For the past week or two, I have been working on the first of the fabled wristwarmers in a black sock-yarn. I think that this will likely be the current project, and the heirloom projects from Mr. BF’s grandmother will be saved until I am absolutely certain I can knit them the way she would have wanted them.

Such an honour has been bestowed upon me.

~ by tripknit on August 3, 2008.