Argh… it’s been really really hard to pick a winner!!!!!!
I find most of the stories posted really funny and feel so sorry for some of them! I wanted to choose one entry as the winner but the other judges preferred another. It’s so hard to decide..
And the prize goes to this poster:
purple Says:
January 31st, 2009 at 8:09 am
My mother was a knitter,
But now she is too old,
Her hands are very gnarled,
Especially when it’s cold.
I thought I’d make a pretty scarf,
To wrap around her neck,
I picked a lovely woolen yarn,
Expensive, but what the heck!
It knit up quickly, one, two three,
She was so very pleased
It wound around a couple of times
Or hung down to her knees.
I am a lot taller than Mom,
And I didn’t really figure.
That what fits me fine will not fit her,
Because I’m so much bigger.
But that’s not the problem, I have to admit,
I just called that a feature.
I said it’d keep her really warm,
And make her a gorgeous creature.
But that was not the worst thing yet,
Dropped a stitch, which I didn’t see,
Until one day when she put it on,
And it was shaped like a V.
The dropped stitch had become undone,
Right down to the very start.
And now the long scarf was twice as long,
It no longer looked so smart.
My Mom is such a happy gal,
She said don’t feel like a dummy,
When I die, just wrap me in it,
And I’ll become a mummy!
True story (with only a little poetic license)
Oh, hang on a minute. Another vote came in from one of the judges and we have a tie. Therefore there will be two winners!
Her post is:
Elaine Says:
January 31st, 2009 at 1:51 am
I don’t have a photo. You’ll see why once you’ve read the story. I’ve knit all my life – well since around age 5 which is a looooong time ago. Once my roommate in college’s mother came to visit and saw all my lovely sweaters and asked my roommate would she like her to knit her a sweater. Roommate said, “I didn’t know you could knit”. Sure, said Mom, no problem. So we picked out a pattern and home Mom went to start the knitting. One day roommate gets a note from her mother saying the sweater is done, packed up, and will be mailed shortly, but there was something wrong with it that she could not figure out – maybe Elaine can figure it out.
Uh oh we thought. Uh oh was right. When the package arrived and we unpacked it, I realized she had sewn one of the sleeves into the neck opening rather than the armhole. In order to wear it, you would have to keep your arms in a permanent semaphore position, with your neck craned way over to one side. Not good.
I offered to remove the sleeve and sew it back on in the correct place but roommate thought it was ugly anyway (which is was). It “got lost unfortunately” in the end of year packing 
I will be contacting you via email now to get your addresses. 
Thank you everyone for participating. I loved your stories. Truly.
Happy knitting and crocheting!
