Jumpers 13 and 14
Hey, look! We’re the same!
Yes, two read jumpers. Matching!
But yours has holes…
…and yours has bobbles.
Did you cut the holes?
No. It was a tiger. He jumped out on me on the way to school and tried to eat me up. But I twisted and turned so fast he couldn’t hold me down and I got away. But it left holes in my jumper.
Wow!
Did you stick the bobbles on?
No, these are not really bobbles. they are ladybirds who have lost their spots. They saw a boy being eaten by a tiger on the way to school and they were shaking so much with fear that their spots fell off. I found them and gave them all a big hug to feel better and they decided to stay with me until their spots grow back.
Wow!
Shall we sit next to each other at lunch?
Yes. Our jumpers can be friends.
Do you ever find that you begin writing something and then something you were not thinking about at all appears on the page infront of you? This story was perhaps unintentionally influenced by ‘On The Way Home’ by Jill Murphy, which I read many times and loved as a child. I haven’t thought about that book for years, but it’s a great picture book. I can picture just where it is still, on the shelf in my family home. Thanks Mum and Dad for holding on to all of those wonderful books.
This jumper was brought to you by Hannah Sanguinetti, working with: Malabrigo Sock yarn in Ravelry Red, 4mm double-pointed needles, paper collage, ink and brush.
I am lucky enough to have a fantastic yarn shop on my road, Be Inspired Fibres, and this acts as my extended yarn stash. All of my yarn for this project is sourced from this beautiful shop. For those of you who don’t have a yarn shop near by, why don’t you come to the Edinburgh Yarn Festival this March? There is more yarn than you can possibly imagine, and you could pop in to Red Box and take a look at my red jumpers too.
You can go and see this jumper as of TODAY on display as a table-number bottle in Red Box Coffee, 2-6 Spottiswoode Rd, Edinburgh EH9 1BQ. And if you can’t see it out, ask the staff!
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