"Knit on, with confidence & hope, through all crises."- Elizabeth Zimmerman (knitting hero).
K. is working from home for weeks. Schools have closed for at least six weeks, so Moon is home, too, and so is the neighbor boy (Who now has LOTS of time to play his drum set.). Museums and libraries are closed for a month. Our singing group concert, Moon's thespian festival, K's and my getaway during Moon's festival...cancelled.
I find myself wanting to eat potatoes and cinnamon rolls.
The story of this yarn...
A year and a half ago, sitting in the Providence, RI airport, waiting to fly home, there was a woman knitting. "That is who I want to sit next to on the flight," I said to myself, "Instead of another elbowing, wide-spread-knees man." (The seat mate on the flight to RI.)
When we boarded, there she was, in the seat next to mine! She had just moved to Washington. We realized that we also had the same connecting flight, and seats next to each other again (this time with an empty seat for our yarn bags between us). She had a bag with "Prague" written on it. I shared that Blue was going there on a college trip soon. We knitted and chatted across the country.
Saying our "Nice to meet you's," I handed her my instagram link. A few months later she reached out saying that she was the new owner of a yarn shop in Coupeville (on a nearby island). I've been to Coupeville twice since (for Christine Mauersberger's workshops), and both times have stopped at her sweet shop for a souvenir skein.
This one (Wonderfully Whidbey) is from last week's visit. I'm calling this color "In Search of Blue Skies." If you're ever in Coupeville, WA, please stop by Sea Bre's Yarn shop and say "Hi!" from her old seat mate.
So, today I'm knitting on, with hope, if not confidence, that things will be ok. Twinkle and I will learn to share our daytime space. Although, she did have to yell at Moon to get out of her birdwatching chair this morning.
