Regular visitors to my website will recognize this as that woman I brag about who completes my life. She is the proverbial cherry on top that punctuates my sense of well-being. I’ve had the amazingly great fortune of gazing into that face for 36 years, and without hyperbole or exaggeration, I still smile every day at because of how cute, sweet, and affectionate I find what it shows me. But we are not here for me to gush about my love for Caroline. Nope, I’m here taking note of the thing she made, that being the knitted vest she’s wearing. While the impression might be that she selflessly toils away at making handmade socks for me, on rare occasions, she has been known to make a thing for herself.

[The yarn for this vest came from Navajo churro sheep, raised on the Navajo Nation by the Diné-led Rainbow Fiber Co-op. Link to project/pattern on Ravelry – Caroline]