The scarf I made🫶
I finished my scarf and sent it to my Dad. He got the port for his chemo inserted and now he has a cozy scarf to keep him warm in cold hospitals. It took me way too long to make this (only bc I am a very, concerningly slow knitter) but it finally was completed a few weeks ago and I got this photo last week. Scared for him, I hate that I live so far away; but he seems to be genuinely positive and upbeat. He’s a lot like his mom, in that way.
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