I’ve had a rough few weeks. Some good things happened- we’ve had some beautiful sunny days, Mike had a birthday, Sesame is saying mama and dada a lot more, Mike’s mom and brother came to visit and we all had a good time despite some rain and Voodoo selling out of all their donuts.
On March 15, my friends Brooke and Nate celebrated the birth of their baby boy, Fyn, but they only spent one precious hour with him before he died. His service was last weekend and it was horrible and beautiful. Gut wrenchingly sad but full of joy and hope as well. I’m really sad for them and I’ve cried a lot and tried to wrap my head around the horrible details but I really can’t. The only thing left to do is to knit something.
Before my baby was born, I had a miscarriage that left me really sad. Afterwards, I really wanted to knit something for a baby even though I didn’t have one of my own. I decided to knit the frost flowers and leaves shawl, but with dk yarn and make it a blanket. It would be about the size of a baby blanket but I could use it too. Knitting it helped me look to the future when I would have a baby and I took it to the hospital when sesame was born and I love snuggling us up in it when I’m nursing her.
Because of that experience, I want to knit Nate and Brooke, and their daughter, Adele, a blanket. I don’t want it to take forever (like my FF&L seemed to) so I’m knitting the Hemlock Ring Blanket (ravelry). I hope that it brings them some comfort and knitting it helps me feel like I’m doing something, even though there’s nothing really to do other than be sad.
what devastating, devastating news. these are the times when knitting is definitely therapy.
You’re a good friend. At times like those, actions are sometimes better than words. You just need someone to be there to hold your hand. Warm wool/knitting certainly fits the bill.
I’m so sorry. For you and your friends who lost their little Fyn. What a terrible tragedy.
i am so sorry for your friend’s loss. i love the thought of the blankie for them though.