I was recently asked by a friend if I would look at a sweater her Grandmother started 20 plus years ago. If possible could I finish it for her. Her grandmother was making the sweater for her cousin, who was a baby at the time, but sadly she got very sick and put it away. She continued knitting on afghans but never went back to the sweater. The cousin is now well into her twenties and has children of her own. The sweater is about a size 2 and will fit one of these descendants. It is a beautiful aran pattern that was perfectly stitched. The pattern was gone but only 12 rows of the fronts needed to be done and assembled and then the collar. I have put aside other projects to do this (I know, Amy, obsess about a knitting project, g-waan). The wool was rough but knit wonderfully. After washing and blocking the sweater is much softer. It is exactly what I think of for an heirloom aran sweater.
It is such an honor to have been asked to finish what Grandma started so she can be remembered. I know she lovingly knit every stitch thinking of the baby that would wear it, and as she hoped, it would be passed on to the next generation to be wrapped in her love.
