My daughter has never been interested in knitting and has not even been keen on wearing what I knit. She just doesn’t like warm, wooly things (to paraphrase). Then one day I showed her the Kim Hargreaves book, Nectar, which I had just bought and don’t you know there were a couple of things there that she really liked. She even asked if I would make them for her. Would I make them for her???? Isn’t every mother just dying for opportunities like this??? She wanted Dapple – a very pretty cable dress. So I immediately (before she changes her mind) ordered the yarn – the exact yarn that is in the pattern, Rowan All Seasons Cotton. This is something to note for me because I NEVER use the same yarn called for in a pattern. And in this case I followed the pattern exactly. Also noteworthy because I NEVER follow a pattern exactly. I always have to tweak it – change the shape of the neckline or change the sleeve length or use a completely different stitch for a different texture . . .
But I do love my daughter and so – for her – I was willing to do exactly as the pattern says. And I must say that it did come out very nice! Hopefully she is actually wearing it . . . !
I also made her the second item she chose from the same book called Dawn but this time I did change the yarn and used some very pretty bamboo I had recently bought. Can’t change my ways completely!
