The night of the fire, after the flames were out and the giant fans had blown through the remains of our home, the firemen let me run in and grab our meds from the kitchen. To their obvious consternation, I added a quick trip to the living room to grab the three knitting bags/baskets that were sitting by the open patio sliders. The bags did a great job of protecting their contents from the smoke and soot. Only the top projects were smokey and stinky. So far, I have been able to comfortably work on most of the deeper projects. This Linen Tunic is one of those survivor projects.
The Linen Tunic caught my eye and landed on my needles more than four years ago. This is what I was working on when I left for vacation and ended up moving to Florida. By the time it came out of storage, I had moved on to other things. Then, recently, while searching my napping projects for something else, it once again caught my eye. Now four years, a major move and a house fire later, it is finally done. It has been soaked, spun, and hung to dry. All that remains is a quick iron and it is good to go. Assuming I stay on task, I will be wearing this baby on Tuesday when I meet the girls for lunch and a knit.
