Hello Out There!
Still plenty mild here...not sure when the temp will drop. Yesterday I did manage to get my laundry done (dried on the line - a great breezy and warm day for drying) and switching out tank tops and shorts for warm sweaters and turtlenecks. While doing that, I also opened a treasure trove of memories.
In my closet there was a plastic bag (the kind you get from the dry cleaner after your comforter or quilt has been cleaned) filled to the ripping (literally) point with things from 35 years ago! Things that I had saved hoping that one day Colin would have a child. Ands, that time is nearing!!
First up, a little hat that I knit for Colin when he was a wee one.
I cannot get it to rotate...sorry. This yarn is so soft.
There were also a few things I sewed for him: a pair of pants and two overalls.
And then there were two sweaters I made him when he was in day care. How he hated having these sweaters put on him! LOL
Again, I cannot get this to rotate. Blue with nibs of color and cables!! My first cables ever.
I so remember knitting these sweaters. Colin was just a toddler and I started going to a yarn shop (no longer in existence) in Chadds Ford. It's a bit of a drive (an hour each way), but I used to go one night a week to knit with the shop owner and her daughter.
Also found, but not pictured: 5 or 6 hand-knit or crocheted blankets. They have been washed and dried and folded for Colin to take back home. Colin's Cub Scout shirt, cap and scarf. Hahaha - he probably will not want those. A pewter plate with the alphabet and numbers 1-10 around the outside. Also a set of Winnie the Pooh dishes - divided plate, cup and bowl. They have been washed and I hope he wants them.
There were an equal number of things that did not far well in the closet over the decades. A hand knit outfit, another blanket, some other clothes (the Baby Gap stuff weathered extremely well!). Tucked away were some things from Fletcher's baby time! Stuff his Mom must have sent when Colin was born. Also a toothbrush with a silver handle that Fletch's uncle and aunt sent when Colin was born - we never used it!
All of this, as you can imagine, ate up a good part of the day...but it also brought back a flood of happy memories. Colin is coming over tonight for dinner and (hopefully) a fire. Fingers crossed he will take some of these things home with him.
