Lost and Found

Last year I lost my knitting bag.  I was so upset.  Not only that I had lost the cardigan that I had nearly finished but that I had lost the bag that had been a made as a gift for me by one of my quilting pals.

 

I wasn't sure just where I had lost it but thought it might have been when I caught the bus home.  So, I checked with the council bus lost and found.  No joy.  I forgot about it for a couple of months and just on the off chance checked again and there it was.  However, there was a problem.  All the parts of the cardigan were there but the needles and the last ball of wool I was going to use for the bands was gone. 

This wasn't just any wool it was  expensive Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino wool at $12.00 per ball. (Don't tell any one I spent over $70 for a babies cardigan just for the wool.)  I went back to the shop but they didn't have the same colour so I bought a pale blue.  I had found enough of the other blue to sew it together and do a couple of outside rows.  (That cardigan is now costing over $80.00)

Next problem was the buttons.  The ones that looked the best were made of Paua Shell that I had found in New Zealand.  (Oh dear, we are now over $100.00 plus labour.) 

 

So here it is blocked and finished. 

I am now asking for prayers to be said that my daughter-in-law doesn't put it on the wrong cycle when it comes time to wash it.

Comments

[Queeniepatch]

A lovely story with a happy end, of a charming, albeit costly, baby's cardi.
How about making a label with washing and care instructions?

[Carolyn Foley]

Ive done that but they dont read it.

[Rachel]

I was going to suggest a care label, too!