Memory Socks

By Suzy Beal

Cast about for 56 memories
Knit two, purl two.

Heel flap
Place 28 memories on needle one.
We wed.
Work back and forth.

Turn heel
Slip one memory
Knit 7 memories, turn
Two daughters arrived.
Continue.

Gusset
Knit across instep, pick up 14 memories.
We built our home.
Decrease one memory at end of needle one and beginning of needle three.
Bad news arrives.
Continue until sock measures desired length.

Toe
Shape toe, decreasing one memory
at end of needle one, beginning and end of two and beginning of three.
Will he survive this cancer?

Kitchener stitch
Binds lives together. Seamless.