A friend of mine died last month. She was my neighbor for several years and it took us some time to get close, but then we did and she was an absolutely lovely friend. I will always have good memories of drinking wine on her porch while our children ran around like little monkeys. I loved her and will miss her dearly.
She battled with cancer and complications from it for some time, and the last bout of the battle came very very swiftly. I made her some socks (which I never posted finished pics of) back in July because that was how I dealt with her being hospitalized for weeks at that time.
I made her son some socks as well. He requested them a few weeks ago when he was over for a play date with my little ladies and I was making socks for Charlotte. He expressed some interest and we talked about colors. He wanted “Spider-Man” socks, but I didn’t think my intarsia and design skills were ready for that undertaking so we talked about red, black, white, and blue being acceptable colors.
I used some Primrose Yarns Ultimate Sock minis in Toro (the red) and Inkblot (the black and white speckle). I haven’t made socks with this yarn brand before, but I’m hoping the 20% nylon content makes them durable enough for a kid and regular machine washing.
Death fucking sucks. There’s no real way around that. Apologies for the bleak Monday post.
What a nice thing for you to so. I hope the sun will shine again for you and her family soon.
Awe so sorry, that is so painful and the kids……poor little guy, thank god for the spidy socks!!!
Agreed, death sucks. We lost a friend to cancer this summer and are about to go spend Thanksgiving with her family, the first major holiday since her death. I hope the holidays treat you all as gently as can be expected.
So sorry to hear about your loss – such a sweet story about her son. The socks are gorgeous!
It’s hard losing a friend … I’ve been through it. And still get blindsided by geief.
I’m so sorry.
What a lovely porch-wine-kids playing memory you have of your friend. I’m so sorry you have to go through this loss.
So sorry about your friend
I’m so sorry about your loss. Perhaps you can turn your ‘coping with socks’ into a an ongoing good thing. When my dad had cancer, I knit him a blanket and only finished it a day or so before his death. He never got to use it so I donated it to the chemo lab whose staff had been so good to him. Since then, I’ve knit another blanket for donation each year. It’s been about 15 years since I lost my dad and as the years pass and I loose more people, I think good thoughts and have fun memories of each of them as I knit that year’s blanket.
Wishing you peace and a happy Thanksgiving.
So sorry to read this. Sending hugs your way. Carina.