The luxury of pockets

On 12 October 2021 I wrote:

I love making these leaves, and I’m so amazed that they actually look like leaves!

I was less than pleased when MisoCat decided to walk across my lap as I was stabbing, and managed to pull one of the previous leaf’s threads with her sharp wee claws… but perhaps only I will ever notice.

I bought a remnant of luxury faux fur this weekend. It reminded me so much of the bonus pic chinchilla fur stole which belonged to my German grandmother. It’s the softest, most sumptuous thing, and it’s always felt so terribly glamorous to me. And, our sensible glamorous foremothers had pockets!

My intention is to make a tribute faux fur stole, with a bright satin lining. And pockets. Possibly even beautifully hand-smocked pockets, we’ll see.

I’ve still not done anything with that luxury faux fur, but it’s packed up in a crate and moved down to Mum’s house, where we hope to be living by Christmas. It’s been rather alarming seeing the amount of fabric and yarn that I have, waiting for me to have time to make them into something perfect. Mum used to say that we should not let perfect be the enemy of the good, and I think I have been more able to live by that maxim in recent years, when it has felt that very little can be anywhere near perfect, and actually that is all just fine. We have a pretty good life, and long may it continue.

But those pockets, are they not the most adorable things?

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Thank you for reading this.

If you want to read more about my relationship with Mum and her dementia, then you could start here at Taking smock of the Situation. Or just dip in. After all, if I’ve learned anything this last few years it’s that chronology and time are less important than we might believe.

Finally, if it’s not too much to ask (I know, it is, apologies) I would really appreciate it if you could make a donation towards Alzheimer Scotland. They’re doing stuff that makes living with this more bearable for so many people. Thank you, thank you, a thousand thank yous.

Tags: 100 Days Project Scotland, Mum Has Dementia, Taking Smock Of The Situation