This time, I remembered to pack her some needles and a yarn that was easier for a beginner than the loose single-ply Mecha had been.

This time, Maddie got right into it and the only mistakes were from when she grabbed the cast-on tail end rather than the working yarn, and that was my fault for leaving it too long and having it be confusing.

Again this time, Spencer pleaded for me to teach him to knit, too, and I told him that when he was nine I would. (I did not want him to start out in life thinking knitting was too hard for him. Let his brain catch up to his wishing. Let him happily anticipate. He’d only been six for a few hours.) Meantime, Hudson and I laughed that Maddie got to be the cat this time for playing with yarn–and Spencer again got his own little ball to at least experiment with. Which he did.

I quietly mentioned to my daughter-in-law that her oldest had really wanted that ocean afghan but the reason he didn’t get it was that I’d have to make an intarsia one like that for all six grandkids before I gave one to one. But that I planned to give it to him as a high school graduation present.

That completely made her day. Which completely made mine. I told her, I’m enjoying this landscape knitting–so if there’s any special photo or place or something for any of them… Let me know….

(Found the photo. I’d forgotten about that light band. Parker might need a do-over on his.)