Grandma Lydia's Sweater for Me

My Grandma Lydia was a great knitter.  She knit for her own kids and for her grandkids.  My mom has given me a few of the beautiful sweaters and hats she made for me when I was a newborn.  She was very resourceful with her yarn and after one of her kids grew out of a sweater, she would frog it and use the yarn for a new project!

I didn't start knitting until about 6 years ago, after my sweet Grandma had passed away.  My mom says she would be so happy to see how much I love knitting!!  I think so, too.  It is something special that we share!

After I finished Drew's green/blue zebra sweater, my mom thought she remembered a similar sweater Grandma made me.  She went through the photo albums, and sure enough, here I am (at 14 months, too!!) modeling a sweater my Grandma knit for me!  (Click on the photo twice to enlarge.)

It's pretty amazing to see we used almost the exact same colors!