Remembering a Hand Made Gift
When I was a little girl I received a hand made poncho as a holiday gift from one of my grandmother's best friends. I'm sure I got some store bought gifts that year. I also am sure that I didn't get every toy that I wanted but I don't remember being sad. I loved the poncho, it was warm and it was blue, it even smelled nice. It was comfortable but still dressy enough to wear to church. I guess it was knit from wool because it was also durable enough to put up with a little girl that did not play like a little girl.
I was sad to grow out of it but that was easily remedied. Mrs. Wheeler simply added a few more inches of yarn to the bottom of the poncho and I was able to wear it for another year or two.
Isn't it funny how I don't remember any of the store bought toys I got or didn't get but all these years later I still remember that poncho with love for it and the people who gave it to me.
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I was sad to grow out of it but that was easily remedied. Mrs. Wheeler simply added a few more inches of yarn to the bottom of the poncho and I was able to wear it for another year or two.
Isn't it funny how I don't remember any of the store bought toys I got or didn't get but all these years later I still remember that poncho with love for it and the people who gave it to me.
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What a lovely memory. The poncho will continue to live through you.Things that seem unimportant at the time are often, in retrospect, most important.
ReplyDeleteMy Nanu had a teapot that was just a teapot, until I began majolica and realized that the teapot was the basis of my fascination with low fire clay.
Hi Suzie, exactly. I imagine that teapot was beautiful.
DeleteI remember when those hand knit ponchos were all the rage! My Memere knit one (or crocheted, can't remember) for both me and my sister. I loved mine too. Isn't it time for them to come back in style?
ReplyDeleteYes Michèle, it's time, they were really pretty cool.
DeleteNever had a poncho, but the handmade gifts do stand out, both the receiving and the giving of them.
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence, a Mrs.Wheeler knitted me a beautiful ivory colored scarf when I was young. I wore if forever, I just recently had to put it to rest. I always remember the handmade gifts the most, both the giving ones and the receiving ones.
ReplyDeleteHomemade is the best- it is funny what you remember the most from those days. I had a step-grandmother who would send us white pantent leather------hummm I don't think she understood us that well. That and tights.....
ReplyDeletehow delightful!
ReplyDeleteThat's an awesome story. My grandmother knitted me a poncho when I was a little girl... it was red white & blue. Cheers to handmade & to good memories! :)
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