Love object#10 - this lopi icelandic sweater was probably a Christmas gift I knit for my Dad in 1983. This photograph was taken at Christmas in Calgary 2005. My father and I have spent many years estranged from each other, lots of reasons for no good reason at all, too much muck to put on a blog. There have been regrets and rage and tearful reunions, followed by more estrangement. I think the last Christmas we were together before this year was probably 1992. On this most recent Christmas morning he came over to my sister's house, wearing this sweater that I knit for him in love so many years ago. The stitches were still crisp. It hadn't weathered rain or snow, and pilled up, probably lay folded up on a closet shelf. Twenty-two years later he still had it, and wore it as a peace offering I think. Point taken, love received back. xxxx