Knitter in Distress

When the phone rings very early on a Monday morning there are a number of thoughts that can go through my head. One is " that's it, the cancer (or heart failure) has finally beaten my mother and she died in the night" another is " daughter has had a accident and is lying in hospital in Sardinia" (just to clarify she is on holiday there at the moment) one more thought is " husband has forgotten to tell me something before leaving for work 10 minutes ago". You'll notice that as these thought bombard my brain they are getting less and less important but non the less in the 5-10 seconds it takes me to reach the phone not once did I think this is a friend in a Knitting Crisis. But it was. This friend was in a real frenzy regarding the very serious matter of knitting a garment that when tried on (knitting a top down garment allows for this joy) was not just large but actually resembled a tent - her words not mine!!! So with blue light flashing I of course respond with equal seriousness and we arrange to meet later to discuss the way forward.

I can't go into the details of this trauma but suffice to say that my poor knitting friend is going to have to 'frog' a huge amount of knitting and what's more it is 2 ply lace weight yarn. Need I say anymore!!! The good news is that she is, for the most part, a process knitter and now that my heart has returned to normal I resolve to remember that when the phone rings either early or late I shall remind myself that the most likely reason is a Knitter in Distress.

Jane