For my Mom, it's not the sweater that counts, it's the knitting

My Mom doesn't need to knit her own clothes, Debbie Scoffield writes, but this latest project is a metaphor for her long life

ILLUSTRATION BY WENTING LI

CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, PUBLISHED MARCH 1, 2018

My mother has finally finished the sweater she spent months knitting – in fact, it had taken so long I was afraid it wouldn't be ready in time. Not that there was exactly a deadline, no event she's planning to wear it to or anything like that. But she's 95, so what I mean is, I was worried that, after all that work, would she have chance to wear it? I have to admit I was also thinking: How much use will she get out if it? Why bother?