One Week

I should really start investing in bulky weight yarn more. Sweaters work up quick and are so cozy. The speed is probably what kept stockinette stitch from getting boring. That and the stripes.

This resurgence of 90’s fashion and nostalgia is strange. It means I’ve entered a certain phase of life and the perspective shift is something to get used to. Trying to remember what it was like when I was my kids’ ages has opened up some interesting time capsules of memories.

I’m just happy to be wearing sweaters again. I lived in sweaters in my youth. They gave me a lot of comfort during some turbulent years and with different sweaters for different moods I had any disaster covered. Over the years I gave them all away.

Slowly I’m rebuilding my collection and learning a lot about sweater design. They’re a great comfort as we navigate raising preteens who are about to be teens and a young one with big feelings about it all. I’m working through my own shadows while learning how to help them navigate theirs in a world I never imagined.

So here’s to big comfy sweaters, speedy knitting, making peace with the past, and generational healing.