Grannys cup holders with love threads

Greetings and blessings, my dear friends of the needles. I hope you are in good health and wellness and that it is a week of much inspiration and creativity.

This weekend I concentrated on one of those projects that fills the soul: knitting grannys with some colorful wicker yarns that were brought to me from Venezuela. They belonged to my mom, so from the very first moment I knew that this project would have a great emotional value for me. From the moment I held them in my hands I felt a special connection, as if the stitches I was making with them brought me a little closer to her memories and to everything she taught me with her loving example.

This project was a bit challenging, as I had no written pattern. Just a picture sent to me by a friend. I sat with my crochet, observing every detail of the picture, trying to count stitches, to imagine how I should start and how each loop was forming. I'm not going to lie: there were times when I had to unknit and start over. But with each attempt I began to understand the logic of the design, and little by little, the granny began to take shape. I was pleasantly surprised to see that, without precise instructions, I was able to follow the pattern by observation alone.

I did, however, realize something important: I need a granny blocker. Although they look nice, they don't look perfectly square. I think it may also be because of the quality of the yarns. So I'm going into action to look for one that I'm sure will come in handy from now on.

This project has given me a lot of joy because I knitted with my mom's yarns and because it is the first time I knit without following a pattern. Knitting this way, freely, has been a very enriching experience. It allowed me to trust myself, my hands and my ability to solve.

When I finished the granny, it occurred to me to use it as a cup holder for the mug my husband gave me last month, that detail that I wanted to cheer me up in the midst of so much sadness. I loved how they combine, both for the colors and for the love behind each one.