New Year Resolutions

Many Resolutions but as yet little resolve!

As I mentioned in a previous post, my mum died before Christmas, sad but not unexpected at 89, but I have now 'inherited' her supplies of craft materials. Apparently when my sister and I were young she prided herself that whatever we might want to make or do she had supplies available. When she moved from Scotland to Derbyshire, she discovered the cheap materials and haberdashery on Chesterfield market!

So now I have a linen chest and a chest of drawers full of fabric - sheeting, vyella from the factory shop in Paisley and lots of tweed. There is also a huge fitted wardrobe full of wool - mainly Shetland. When she was fitter - in her early 80s she was still making patterned mittens in 3ply on four needles. She never seemed to need a pattern for the different snowflakes and other patterns. When we were clearing up we found about 12 different mittens - but none matched!

Together with the yarn and fabrics I now have her sewing machine, mine is worn out, and a huge selection of threads. At least my sister has taken the embroidery wools and canvas and one of my daughters the rug canvas!

Now my task is to find something to do with this great stash. At the moment I am knitting another blanket out of the scraps of wool and while I am not remembering my mum with every stitch, I do think back to how much she enjoyed her trips to buy the yarn and the plans she had for its use.

What a fine legacy and here's my real resolution - to make sure her stash is well used and that the mountain of log cabin patchwork squares are joined up as she wanted and given to her two grand daughters as throws as she intended.