I finished this up last week, on Armistice Day, which everyone knows now as Veteran's Day. It is one of the few holidays that doesn't move around. It is always on the 11th of November, commemorating the end of World War I at the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, dubbed the war to end all wars by H. G. Wells. He had written a book in the summer of 1914 called "The World Set Free" in which he imagined a world war, as well as the atomic bomb. When the way broke out he was horrified and wrote a pamphlet titled "The War to End All Wars". It became a national slogan. And why are red poppies associated with that war? Because they were one of the first plants that grew back on those war torn fields - covering the devastation with fields of red flowers.
This week it seems that winter has finally settled in. All October we had mild weather, but this week the temperatures have dipped. Jasmine and I snuggle under the blanket on the daybed to stay warm. She has reclaimed the space where Fred used to sleep. The wooden box with the plaque in the background contains Fred's ashes. I picked them up two weeks ago.
Pattern: Liken by Sivia Harding, modified to be a circular cape
Yarn: Abstract Fibers O'Keefe in Pearl, Smitten and Burnside Bridge
Needle: US 4 (3.5 mm)
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