I Shrunk The Hand Knits........... There. It is said!
Mum - I am sorry!
I'm a knitter. A - not especially often and very slow knitter - but a knitter non the less. I know how much work and love and not-particularly-cheap yarn goes into a child's jumper. I know that when it is a gift it is made with thought and generosity and a whole-lotta time.
I know that wool hand knits require hand washing. HAND washing!
I now know that the hand wash setting on the washing machine does not mean that the machine has hands...... no no no - that machine does not have hands, so don't you go believing that when you read it. And, even though that machine is only attached to the cold water tap - it can heat itself up All On Its Own. It's true.
I also know that even when the grubby hand knits that have been sitting in a pile for days, weeks.... waiting to be hand washed because well -
there are lists upon lists of things that are waiting around to get done and it's only the basics that ever seem to get a look in -
that actually, It Really Is Best to let that pile remain a pile for as long as deemed necessary, than be thrown with ignorant trust and faith in everything 'n anything written (setting: Hand Wash) into said washing machine that does not come with hands - and get...... shrunk.
But surely there are ways to redeem such naivety (laziness)?
Re-construct. Recreate. Recycle. Redeem.
Even in the midst of Summer our girls like to take a hot water bottle to bed....yeah, go figure.
Anyhow Harper Blue needed a cover for hers.
Done.
And all that lovely work that my mum created has not gone to waste. It will still be snuggled into and loved - every night - yep, even when the temps hit 30.
And there is still plenty more for pieces to be made into small cushions for both the girls.
Redeemed? maybe...
Any recreations or redemptions been going on at your place this week?
