A soft baby sweater that was started a few weeks back, and now is finished and set in a hope chest with the wish that one day it will be worn by a new little one.
Knitting through the sadness was wonderful. I knit in my hopes and my wishes, and my blessings and my prayers. There will always be a lot of rememberance and emotion in this sweater, and a whole lot of love.
Thank you all again for your words of comfort through this time.
Pattern: Boat-Neck Sweater: Debbie Bliss
Yarn: Shivaya Naturals Aran Cashmere
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I wanted to let you all know that my blog is actually going to be moving tomorrow night after 9, but it will not be up and running correctly until sometime towards the end of the weekend. I will have a normal post tomorrow, and then I will resume posting on Monday. Since I am trying to move the entire blog,while keeping everything in tact, this is going to take a few steps that I was not aware of.
Thank you so much for hanging in there with me, and once I get this done, I will do a tutorial about how we did it, since many of you have expressed that you are interested in doing the same.
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It's a beautiful sweater….
How beautiful. I have very good and positive prayers for you and your family!
It will be worn and enjoyed, along with every other sweet little gift in that chest.
A hope chest it is, and hope it shall give.
Love Julia
I knit that same sweater pattern when I was pregnant with my first child. I also recently lost my third at 12 weeks. So I definitely identify with this post!
I'm so grateful I've come across your blog, and I can't wait to get your magazine.
I'll pray for you!
Heather, it is a beautiful sweater. And it will have a beautiful little babe to wear it someday soon. I've found knitting to be therapeutic, too. There is something in the repetition that allows your mind to work through what it needs to work through. I'm sending you a lot of love and warmth. +Chelsea
That sweater is perfect–a little one will be completely wrapped in love when wearing it!!!
Heather, what a beautiful piece of hope you have knitted.Good luck with the blog move. May it be stress free.
Well I'm hoping anyhow.
Crafting keeps the hands busy, the head occupied and the heart fullfilled. The things we make in these times begin as 'something to do', and evolve through therapeutic to healing. You will get through it all eventually. Stronger, closer to the ones you love & cherish and with a closet full of crafted goodiness…
Hang in there, friend.
with tears in my eyes, I'm trying to leave a comment….that sweater is such a beautiful sweater in so many ways. I love how you knit into it all you were going through. May you be blessed with a sweet little one to fill it. Can't wait to see your new blog. (and read your new publication!)
what a sweet little sweater…full of hope, prayers, and blessings….imagine the power in that.
I will look forward to the tutorial.
"I knit in my hopes and my wishes, and my blessings and my prayers."
Such a beautiful sentiment!
what a wonderful way to knit through the pain. LOve the sweater and hope chest… good luck this weekend!
Beautiful sweater.
Good luck with the move. Looking forward to seeing the tutorial too.
The sweater is gorgeous and such a lovely thing to make. I do hope it gets worn one day,
lots of love,
Nina x
We will be here waiting for your return…. I am so excited for you magazine! The baby sweater turned out perfect!!
Beautiful sweater. Good luck with the move. I just moved my blog to mommyimhome.com and it took hours and hours of work but is finally up and running.
a beautiful affirmation.
I can see the love and hope you knit into that sweater. It's a beautiful way to work through your feelings.
oh heather – it is a beautiful little sweater, as is the little hope box filled with love. I hope the new week is bringing you moments of love and happiness and a strong sense that all will be well. I'm a great believer in goodness, and I am sure the love and effort you put into parenting will bring another little being into this world. My thoughts are with you – take care.
Beautiful. I am looking so very forward to your magazine. Good luck with the blog move and thanks once again for sharing your sadness and healing with us. I believe you touched many people with your sharing.
that is one precious sweater! I love all the beautiful sentiments and strength that you knit into it. you are one special lady. Looking forward to seeing your magazine – and new blog.
It's beautiful. And you are an amazing woman who inspires me on a weekly basis. Good will come from this sadness – I have faith it will to someone as good as you :]
hoping and dreaming and wishing right along with you…….
beautiful, heather. such a keepsake. good luck with the move and yes, i too, look forward to a tutorial, thank you.
nicola
http://whichname.blogspot.com
Dear Heather, The sweater is so beautiful, and of course so special. I am feeling like I need to set something aside for your hope chest too! (It will be sweet and girly.)
Renee xo
Heather,
Such a sweet gift for your baby to be, Love in every click of the needles~here is hoping. Laura
Good luck on the move and I look forward to the day you post pictures of a sweet new baby wearing that sweet sweater. Just beautiful.
What a sweet sweater and how sweet that it is stitched with so many blessings and prayers.
The sweater is perfect! And you have my prayers that it will grace the shoulders of a new little one at just the right time for all of you. I am so glad to hear that you found the perfect way to process through your feelings, and I am certain that years from now that story will be told again as the sweater is passed to another generation.
Good luck with the blog move; mine moved from Moveable Type to Wordpress recently, and while I am much happier with Wordpress, Hubby wasn't able to plan the move because of his crazy schedule. The unexpected move has left a lot of my readers in the lurch; I think it is wonderful that you are able to let us know ahead of time. I also think you'll love Wordpress; it's GREAT!
I find this post very moving, and I hope you'll be able to open that chest soon with a different frame of mind. I've had such a hope chest too. Good luck with your blog move.
may your hopes truly be filled one day and your love wrap around another….God bless!
Such a sweet little sweater! It will surely be worn in so much love one day soon… envious of your cedar chest, oh how we need one! a tutorial would be oh so appreciated! I get the chills just thinking about trying to do all that-computers and I barely get along.
happy thursday mama!
xo m
That was beautiful for you to share Heather – and sharing about how therapeutic knitting can be – thank you for opening up to all of us that care for you.
Lovely, it will be for a darling girl, whose name, perhaps, will be Hope.
love this. each and every stitch has a story, a hope, a dream, a prayer, a blessing. how blessed your little one will be to wear such a treasure!