Dressing for the cold is a strange balance of warmth and comfort. For example, the green jacket I usually wear is not my warmest coat, but it's my most comfortable. It's warm enough if I put a wool sweater underneath and it's lightweight and slick on the inside and I can move and work in it without it weighing me down and feeling stiff.
None of my sweaters are heavy and uncomfortable and most are quite warm, but for some reason my Willard sweater is the one I always grab on the coldest mornings. It's also the one I picked on the morning after the chicken disaster. The temperature wasn't that cold, but I was mentally freezing. I always called B. Willard "The Sheep of Impeccable Character" and he truly was. Willard took good care.
His sweater is cozy by design (a simple Elizabeth Zimmerman percentage sweater pattern) made with thick yarn and a tall neck, but also because the yarn was spun so that even though the yarn is thick, it is light and airy. Both the yarn and the sweater trap and hold warm air like a warm Willard hug.
I actually started this post a couple of weeks ago, but knew it was going to be hard to look back through all the old blog posts to find the picture below of us "dressed alike", but as Bea and I sat in the truck the other day, trying to get our nerve up to get out, I snapped this picture and knew it was more important to say "On the coldest days I wear Willard" than to leave it forever in the drafts.
Wear your irreplaceable handspun hand knits. There's magic in them...and good company. I've been wearing this sweater every winter since...
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...2011 (!). The sweater is holding up better than I am. :-o
Here's a new freezing cold puzzle for you. Hope you have a Willard sweater or a wool blanket or maybe a warm cat on your lap :-).
6 comments:
That sweater does look warm and cuddly.
You haven't aged much in 14 years!
How sweet to have your beloved friend Willard to continue keeping your cozy and warm still now and the many winters to come.
Hugs!
I never can believe how the years have flown by when I see posts like this. The span between photos is longer than any of my sheep have lived, but it still seems they should all still be here – and there.
What a blast from the past! You are still looking good. If I find something warm and comfy I wear it to threads and my brothers have threatened to burn some of my yard work clothing:)
I do believe I have seen that sweater in person! Hope you, Tim, Auntie Reg and all your critters are doing well. We have all had a real winter for a change.
Man! You have had the WINTER! That is what ours usually looks like. We are more like you would like to be. You are so pretty! Long flowing locks and that beautiful wonder Willard!
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