Marsha's Legacy in Fiber
We were devastated to lose Stephen's mother Marsha in October 2011. If you knew Marsha, you know how much she loved knitting, and that she was extremely talented. We are all blessed to have received so many lovely hand-knitted gifts from her.She brought her knitting with her wherever she went, and she visited as many yarn shops as she could. Whenever she visited us in East Lansing, we went around to the local shops and she'd pick up a few skeins that she liked. She did this a lot, whenever and wherever she traveled. Not surprisingly, she ended up with a lot of yarn.
She also (like me) was easily attracted to new projects, and left many unfinished. I probably have 10-12 projects in various stages of completion, but I am not exaggerating... Marsha probably had 50-60 ongoing projects in progress. Several years ago, Marsha and Myron remodeled a bedroom in their home and turned it into her knitting room. She called it The Haven, and filled the closet and cabinets with yarn and projects.
After she died, we started to clean out The Haven (and when I say "we", I mostly mean everyone else but me). The amount of yarn, books, magazines, and accessories was quite impressive.
In July 2012, I went through her yarn and selected some lovely skeins (I made the Swirl Hat and Jen's Fan Shawl with yarn from her stash). In fall 2012, Eve & Beri sent me a box consistently entirely of double-pointed needles and knitting magazines. Yesterday, I went through her half-completed projects and picked out about a dozen I thought I could reasonably finish. I'm hoping the socks will fit the kids in a few years, so they can have a pair of socks knit by their Bubbie (they have several pairs of kid-sized Bubbie socks that they're quickly outgrowing).
After going through a serious number of partially-knitted socks, I found this masterpiece:
Here's the pic from the knitting book it's in:
Marsha had knitted about two-thirds of this wrap, so I'll be trying to finish the rest. The yarn she was using wasn't in the bag with the project, so I'll be shopping around and poking through my own stash for enough yarn to finish it.
Seriously. Gorgeous:
