Say hello again to Estelle’s Envy – my knit design (c 2014), now revised (slightly), rewritten, and recently republished! After nine years it was time for a look back and an update.
I had plucked her name from a character in great aunt Hilda’s unpublished romance novel, prompting me to take a look back at this small treasure now too.
The pages of her handwriting are worthy of framing. Some 70 years later, we’ve lost that art.
One day I may sit down and read this book through, but for now I’ll cherish it as something of hers, and a source for the names of my knits maybe – keeping kindred spirits alive.
Transcribing her last few paragraphs –
“Never saw any one like you for eating up work,” said her mother-in-law, in admiration. “But you’ve been mighty quiet for such a long spell – I’ve been wondering what you were thinking about. I don’t suppose you’d tell?”
Estelle smiled serenely.
“Good thoughts, mother,” she said. “Appropriate to the day. Thanksgiving thoughts.”
Even without its context I like this passage, so glad to now know that by novel’s end Estelle’s envy is finally behind her.
Thanksgiving Thoughts, my next knit design, coming soon.
Update – now newly reconsidered as installments:
Thanksgiving Thoughts wrap, published 12/2/2023, is available for free on Ravelry. I created this wrap-sized swatch as a stitch study in preparation for
Thanksgiving Thoughts, its cardigan cousin, published 1/10/2024.