So I was digging things out of my hope chest and reorganzing them in a tote so I could store extra blankets in the chest.
Among the dried high school corsages, momentos from my sister as a toddler, and other childhood trinkets, I found a box marked "Vest made by Grandma Lila." I vaguely remembered it, but I know Mom saved it for me for years and years. I opened it, and it's PURPLE with three owls knitted along the top.
I can't wait for DD to be 3-4 y.o. so she can wear it, too.