I went to see my gran the day we left for Black Point. She showed me the stunning Kaffe Fasset sweater she is working on and I kicked myself for not having my camera handy. Then she gave me this:

The drill really isn’t a great solution so you can imagine how thrilled I was. I immediately got out the second hank of the main colour for my French Market Bag and wound it up.

She also gave me some recycled 8 ply yarn that I plan to make into a basic sweater of my favourite style - being raglan, 3/4 sleeve, mock turtle neck.

I realise this yarn looks red, it is in fact more of a wine colour but I didn’t think to take a photo during daylight hours so the colours are a bit whacky in the photo…. Last but not least Mary also gave me some garter stitch squares for Isabelle to use as doll blankets:

This new connection with my Gran has really been one of the highlights of taking up knitting for me and I think she is always pleased when someone in the family discovers knitting.