Sunday’s Visitors
Yesterday after supper I sent a text to Dennis’ granddaughter in Mankato the I was “pinked out.” Luella’s blanket was done. Amy said they would drive out this morning to pick it up. Talk about what a highly anticipated project this had been.
Today, was indeed an anticipated day of rest for me. I admit I had pushed myself yesterday. I slept until eight this morning. I was out of bed just in time to get a text from Amy. They were just leaving Mankato. Holly Toledo! I got dressed as I poured myself a cup of coffee. It seemed as if I had barely made it into the studio to put lights on and my Sunday visitors were coming in the back door.
Amy was followed in by Luella and her brother Oliver. The studio was hopping. How sweet. The mound of pink on the church tables couldn’t get unfolded quick enough. Luella, at four and barely tall enough for her head to clear the table tops asked Oliver for help. Amy put Luella on a chair for her to stand on and Oliver kept rotating the quilt for her to make comments on the squares that she remembered.
Luella and Oliver made their rounds in the studio. While Amy visited with her grandpa Dennis, Oliver pulled out what looked like a slight ball of yarn from his pocket. Oliver is learning to crochet. Oliver had a square to show me that was the pattern called The Granny Square. Oliver is in fourth grade and there is a time in the afternoon of the school day that someone comes in to do crafts. Oliver is also into origami. He and his friends had been trading Pokémon cards until the teachers no longer allowed it.
Luella went home with a pink blanket, but Oliver went home with a Pokémon baseball cap, the rest of the Pokémon material I had made into a pillow case and a small crocheted afghan. His crochet was in double crochet stitches and he was proud to explain that to me and he saw what happens with a lot of singe crochets in the afghan. Sometime Oliver wants to come over to see how the Pokémon could be stitched on my sewing machine. I think I have a fellow crafter in my corner. Awesome!