Everything I have Ever Knitted - for My Parents

For the last couple of weeks I have been working on the modular knitted jacket that I started last November.   It is not that far off being finished but I still need to do the button band and the cuffs.  I hope it will fit me – but I have got to the point that I just want to finish it.

In-between times – I have been knitting little samples for my Everything I have Ever Knitted project.  This is a V-neck.  In the 1980s I knitted my father 2 pullovers to wear under a suit for work.  He was very fussy and wanted them to look right (so did I) – and I was particularly pleased that he wore them every winter thereafter.  One was grey and the other was dark green like this sample. 

Over the years I have knitted lots of things for my mother and finished items that she started and got stuck with.  The following sample is from a cardigan that I knitted for her.  I think she may have knitted some of it.  It was knitted in this yarn which is a copper coloured Sirdar Country Style.  I remember finding the basket work pattern difficult especially when decreasing.  Although this cardigan was knitted many years ago – I saw my mother wearing it in the last few months.

I was thinking that the first things that I knitted have stayed in my memory long after the garments have gone.  Each one was precious – I had to save up for the yarn – and each one was a learning experience.  The following is a sample of reversed stocking stitch knitted in Wendy’s Chignon. 

I loved this yarn and knitted the very plain jumper to show it off.  A few years later I knitted the pattern again when I discovered a similar yarn.  I would knit it again – if I could find the yarn.  It is chunky but is very light-weight and the colours are very subtle.