Quick Update
When Ginger opened the card and saw the three detail pictures of the baby shawl — the same pictures below — she squealed with delight. Needless to say, that was enough to make driving there in the pouring rain, through anxiety-inducing conditions, totally worth it. She was even more excited when she found out that those were pictures of the actual item, not just something to indicate that I’d knit her something. She even read the inside note outloud to everyone, then had me tell the story about knitting for her wedding.
Clicky below to see what I had put inside the card (I’m hoping Bob catches the West Side Story reference; he was in a production of it in high school).
BTW, this was my FIRST baby shower in about three years, the first one since Paul died. When I RSVP’d, I indicated that, if I weren’t doing well emotionally, I wouldn’t be there b/c of this. I’m pretty sure Ginger would “get” it. Hubby asked me later, Was anyone sensitive to what you might be going through, being there? I told him that it didn’t appear so, but I did get a look from someone when I was overeating. Hopefully, instead of being critical of me, she realized why I might be doing so. Probably not, but I don’t really care. I’m pretty proud of myself for doing OK at my first shower — not just a shower, but a shower for a baby BOY.
Something good…
Sadly, due to a mistake that cost me
a couple of inches and several days, plus
the threat of carpal tunnel syndrome,
it’s not quite ready yet.
(I could have stayed up all night
last night, but that would have led
to more mistakes, which
would have delayed it even
longer, etc., etc…)
I hope you’ll find it worth the wait!
P.S. I sense a pattern developing here. Ask me sometime about what I was *supposed* to wear to your wedding…
