As Full Time RV'ers
Howard Prairie Residents
She quietly sits in her recliner. Her hands moving back and forth, as the knitting needles softly click together, knit one, purl one. She is known by the locals as Connie or Jen’s mom. The most loving name she has been given by all is Grandma Connie.
We visited her one evening to thank her for the socks she had knit for us. This is one of her special projects – knitting socks for the Howard Prairie crew and their families. Connie doesn’t need to know you to knit socks. Her daughter, Jen, the Resort’s restaurant manager, checks out people’s shoe size and reports back to Connie on how small or big to knit the socks. If one is lucky enough to get a second pair, they get to choose the color!
Connie told us she knits about 220 projects a year. She’s a little behind this year due to an injury to her right shoulder and arm in April, but has managed to complete about 50 projects so far this summer. We noticed she had as many as four projects going at once! She may just out due her highest knitting count yet.
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What drives this lady beside her love to knit? As she explained, she feels that God gave her a talent and she had better put it to good use. Connie and Jen keep their eyes peeled for anyone in need of a hat or sweater. Her eyes light up when she tells how others have delighted in their “anonymous” gift of a sweater or hat for a cold winter’s day.
Oh, and if you have a new grandbaby – well, that child will be styling before it gets out of their crib because Connie can’t resist knitting he/she a sweater, booties and cap. Connie also donates her famous bears to fundraisers for the local school during Christmas.
