I’ve been knitting for a friend who has suffered a great loss recently. I’ve knitted a hat with earflaps. To my astonishment, the more I knit, and thought and leaned consciously toward my friend in Inverness, Scotland, the more the toque ressembled the colours of Scotland.

The yarn is spun in Japan. It is 60% wool, 40% recycled silk. It changed colour from muted heather, to trailing stone walls, to the deep green of broom and the blue of the lochs.

How is it that you can send love in the form of something soft, time spent, love endowed and just hope that it is received with the same intention it was sent.

Thinking of you Becky, through this time of grief and healing.