I have been Crocheting scarves for my grandkids for Christmas this year. I come home every evening and start one or finish one. I’ve been sharing them with everyone at work so they can give me their opinion’s on the color and style. Some of them end up on my co- workers because of these cold days ….. and they look cute with them on.
Danielle, our Marketing Coordinator, modeling one of my scarves
My mother got me started crocheting because I was kind of stressed raising 3 kids and working. She told me that it would calm me down, and I could do it while watching my favorite programs on TV. My mother and her sisters were all crocheters and so I guess it is like a tradition in my family. But I am not as good as they are yet.
My mother made dresses for each of my granddaughters and also made Raiders Slippers for my grandsons. I knew every Christmas that I would get a new pair of Crocheted slippers from her. I sure miss getting my slippers since she passed away six years ago, but I am determined to learn and keep the tradition going…I hope!
I still have a Raiders Scarf and Christmas stocking she made me that I treasure. I am hoping my grandkids keep their scarves to remember me, and that I too can do grandmotherly things.
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Every Christmas, my grandmother’s unmarried housekeeper knitted a pair of wool mittens and a scarf for me and all thirteen of my cousins. Every year we got a new set of mittens in a different color. I wore those mittens every day during the cold Illinois winter and wish I still had at least one pair today. The grandmotherly traditions you’re keeping up will become special memories for your grandchildren as they get older.
Your grandkids are super lucky to have a grandma like you and I am lucky that I get to see pictures of how cute they all are. I may be one of the coworkers that kept one of your scarves to keep me warm.
No one needs a scarf to remember you by, Shirley. You are UNFORGETTABLE!
I love your story, Shirley! What a lucky family you have. Keep those scarves and slippers coming!
My grandma crocheted us slippers and wash cloths I still use them and love them just cause grandma made them. My cousins and I soon became spoiled and started requesting certain colors and yarn for her to use.