My sisters and I arranged to have a special greetings certificate from the Prime Minister of Canada's office. They'll do this at your request, when people reach the age of 90 or 95. We have to wait for her to reach 100 before the Queen will send one.
I had decided to mark this occasion by making something special for Nanna, as I've been improving in my knitting skills. I decided to knit her a Miami Beach Shawl. I had carefully planned out how many rows per day I needed, but didn't pay attention to the pattern when it read, "repeat row 50 until..."
Although I spent many nights staying up late to work on this shawl, it didn't help that I fell asleep knitting it, and made mistakes by knitting past the short row turning point (a few times). It was at least 3 times I had to frog back and try again.
I was so disappointed to show up without a completed shawl, especially after I had told some of my relatives I was making her one. They didn't look impressed when I showed them the shawl in my bag, still on the needles. I promised to come and visit my Nanna soon, to deliver her shawl.
Guess how close I actually came to finishing it? I even worked on it during the car ride to the restaurant, as I knew it would be a close call. I ended up being only 6 rows away from finishing! I wish I could have stayed up longer the night before, but once you start to fall asleep at the needles, bad things happen.
But on the bright side, I can finish it properly and block it. So it will hopefully look stunning when I go to present the finished shawl.
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