@brittarnhild
Knitting is supposed to slow down your heart beats. That´s what I´ve heard and that´s what I believe......or believed. Yesterday it did not!
Over the last couple of years my oldest daughter has become qjuite an avid knitter. I taught her to knit when she was a girl, like I have done with all our four childern, but she never continued, not until she got pregnant and started to knit tiny garments, first for a baby, now for a toddler. From time to time she needs a little help, just like she did now, and came to me with a pair of wool pants she was making for Leander 15 months. "Mom, the rib is too wide, it looks like a kind of a balloon on him. Do you think you can help me?"
Of course I could help her. "Just leave the pants here with me and I will unravel the rib and knit a new one!" I told her very confident.
It didn´t take long to prove how wrong I was. The upper rib was where she had started the knitting, and unraveling from "the wrong side" is impossible.
I started out very optimistic. But it took me only seconds to realize that I was about to knit myself into a deep mess. After a while I could feel my heartbeats speeding up. After some more time I couls hear them, and soon my husband could hear them too. Then he knew it was time to come to my resque. Together we cut, we unraveled and after a lot of work I was ready to reinserting the needles.
I was back in paradise again :-)
And in paradise everything is easy. Soon the new rib was finished, and today I was ready to try the pants on again.
Yes, they are perfect, and Leander and I can enjoy our grandmother and grandchild day.
Clever Grandma! Lovely to hear that your daughter has returned to the fold with her knitting, now she is a mother too. And has such an expert on hand when things get tricky.
Posted by: Fran | 03/14/2017 at 06:47 AM
Fran, I love to see what Ingrid is knitting, her style and the colours she chooses. And I am more than willing to help when she needs me :-)
Posted by: BrittArnhild | 03/14/2017 at 06:54 AM
Yay 😊 for Bestemor & Bestefar to come to the rescue!
Posted by: Voni | 03/14/2017 at 01:12 PM
I've been following your blogs for years, I love your observations, your photos...your life! I, too am a knitter but came to it later in life, when air was 37. My work is never perfect, I had to learn long ago to enjoy the process and not to stress over the product! I don't know how to attach photos to this, or I would share some of the things I have done! Keep up,this blog, I will faithfully read it!
Posted by: Ridgely | 03/14/2017 at 04:04 PM
Haha Voni, yes, everyone should have a bestemor and a bestefar :-)
Posted by: BrittArnhild | 03/14/2017 at 08:06 PM
Ridgely, if you want me to share some of your photos on the blog, you can email them to me at knitwoman1958@yahoo.com
Posted by: BrittArnhild | 03/14/2017 at 08:07 PM