Lost and Found
First, some background information:
Last month, my parents took a three week cruise to South America (they got to see penguins! and took a day trip that flew them through the Andes Mountains!). I called the day they got home and spoke primarily with my mother, who went on and on about what a wonderful time they had. I called back a few days later, while Mom was at work, to ask my Dad a question, and he mentioned that my mother had taken her scarf with her on the trip ("it was perfect, just what she needed when the air got chilled, her favorite scarf"), and told me what Mom had been reluctant to say.
The scarf had been accidentally left behind in the cab that took them to the airport on their last day.
"She's really upset," Dad said. "Can you make her another one?"
"Of course!" I said. I offered to make it in a different yarn, a different color, a different pattern.
"No!" he said urgently. "She loved that scarf, just the way it was. I want you to make her a new one just like it."
"No problem," I assured him. "You know, when I was home this summer I noticed that the seam at the back of the neck was a bit clumsy ... when I make this one, I'll be able to do a better job on that."
"No!!" he insisted. "She wants it just the way it was. You can't change anything!!"
(Isn't that cute? I don't have the heart to tell him that I don't think I can replicate that particular hodgepodge of too-tight binding off and inept seaming.)
I started the new scarf yesterday (after offering a prayers of thanks that I still had two skeins of Lamb's Pride "Periwinkle" in the stash). The first thing I did after pulling out my copy of Knitting for Dummies was turn to the photo section to refresh my memory.
When I made this scarf last year, I'd only been knitting seriously for four or five months. Since then, I've taken the hobby a lot further. I have a copy of Scarf Style. I subscribe to Interweave Knits. So when I found the right picture, I realized that I've seen the model's face before.
Here she is wearing my mom's scarf:
Now look here:
Ever since I started reading Interweave's magazine and buying their books, I have been very curious about this girl. Who is she? Why is her picture all over the place? How does she stay so thin? She is so identified with the magazine in my mind that I fret about her health when I receive an issue without her picture in it.
While the answer to question #3 probably has to do with something tiresome (like genetics, diet and exercise), I now know the answers to #1 and #2, courtesy of the "Author's Acknowledgements" at the beginning of Knitting for Dummies .
Her name is Caitlin FitzGerald. She's the author's daughter. The author, Pam Allen, has a little something to do with Interweave Knits.
Mystery solved.
- The first knitting reference book I ever bought was Knitting for Dummies (it's really good, by the way, especially for beginners).
- I used the "Felted Scarf in Horseshoe Lace" pattern on page 187 to make my mother a scarf for Christmas, 2004.
- This was my first knitted lace project.
- She loved it. Wore the scarf all last winter, and carried on about how wonderful it was several times over the season. Every knitter should be able to make things for someone so appreciative.
Last month, my parents took a three week cruise to South America (they got to see penguins! and took a day trip that flew them through the Andes Mountains!). I called the day they got home and spoke primarily with my mother, who went on and on about what a wonderful time they had. I called back a few days later, while Mom was at work, to ask my Dad a question, and he mentioned that my mother had taken her scarf with her on the trip ("it was perfect, just what she needed when the air got chilled, her favorite scarf"), and told me what Mom had been reluctant to say.
The scarf had been accidentally left behind in the cab that took them to the airport on their last day.
"She's really upset," Dad said. "Can you make her another one?"
"Of course!" I said. I offered to make it in a different yarn, a different color, a different pattern.
"No!" he said urgently. "She loved that scarf, just the way it was. I want you to make her a new one just like it."
"No problem," I assured him. "You know, when I was home this summer I noticed that the seam at the back of the neck was a bit clumsy ... when I make this one, I'll be able to do a better job on that."
"No!!" he insisted. "She wants it just the way it was. You can't change anything!!"
(Isn't that cute? I don't have the heart to tell him that I don't think I can replicate that particular hodgepodge of too-tight binding off and inept seaming.)
I started the new scarf yesterday (after offering a prayers of thanks that I still had two skeins of Lamb's Pride "Periwinkle" in the stash). The first thing I did after pulling out my copy of Knitting for Dummies was turn to the photo section to refresh my memory.
When I made this scarf last year, I'd only been knitting seriously for four or five months. Since then, I've taken the hobby a lot further. I have a copy of Scarf Style. I subscribe to Interweave Knits. So when I found the right picture, I realized that I've seen the model's face before.
Here she is wearing my mom's scarf:
Now look here:
Ever since I started reading Interweave's magazine and buying their books, I have been very curious about this girl. Who is she? Why is her picture all over the place? How does she stay so thin? She is so identified with the magazine in my mind that I fret about her health when I receive an issue without her picture in it.
While the answer to question #3 probably has to do with something tiresome (like genetics, diet and exercise), I now know the answers to #1 and #2, courtesy of the "Author's Acknowledgements" at the beginning of Knitting for Dummies .
Her name is Caitlin FitzGerald. She's the author's daughter. The author, Pam Allen, has a little something to do with Interweave Knits.
Mystery solved.
posted by Ruth at 9:57 AM
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