Sometimes it feels as though life is on fast forward. With all the various demands on our time, it becomes challenging to just stop in the moment and appreciate what is happening in the here and now. Yesterday, Connor gave me the gift of a freeze frame. All I had asked for was a quick photo shoot to get some pictures of the sweater I just finished for him to use on the blog and ravelry. I had steeled myself for what I figured would be the inevitable eye rolls, and do-I-have-tos. Quite to my surprise, I got a willing model, and genuine appreciation.
At this moment in time, Connor is 10. He isn't too old to be too cool for sweaters knit by mom. He isn't too young to not realize the time and effort involved in making a sweater just for him. Right now. At this moment. He appreciates it. He is excited to have the sweater. He wore it to school today. Voluntarily. Today, he is wrapped in a big hug that I knit just for him.
Want to see the photo shoot?
(Notice the action shot of Tessa fetching in the background. We're still working on the retrieval part.)
That final shot? That is Connor's interpretation of The Thinker. He wanted to be sure it went on the blog.
He may grow out of the sweater over the course of the summer, but that's ok. He gave me the moment I didn't even know I wanted.
(Note: The sweater is the Jordan pattern from Ella Rae's Book Five:
I knit the 10-12 yr size and used 4 skeins of Cascade Sierra in Olive.)