Wearing What You've Made

"This can be the most fun: to show off some funky scarf that reveals your inner cool. And other times it's just so hard to wear something that seems less than perfect or didn't turn out the way you wanted it to. But just put it on anyway; celebrate your hard work and your talent. And your love. Every knitter stitches with love, even when they're just starting, all red-faced and frustrated. Why else would we create? Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything. That's when we need homemade everything. It never matters if things don't end up just the way you planned. Every moment is a work in progress, every stitch is on stitch closer. There may be worse, but there is always better. When you wear something you've made with your own hands, you surround yourself with love, and all the love that came before you. the real achievement, you see, is being proud of what you've made. I know that I am."

/ The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

Tonight I'm wearing what Grandma made for me. Surrounded by Grandma's love.