Experience Needle-Time

Needle-Time is a fictional piece written to bring to life the magic that surrounds the love of carrying on the tradition of the needlearts from generation to generation. Join me for a new story each issue that will reflect the strong bond formed between Aunt Lilly and Molly through their special needle-time.  

Last issue Molly learned a very hard lesson about doing the right thing. Join us this issue as Molly learns that wearing glasses has its perks.

A Practical Accessory!

“What are you going to wear for Halloween this year, Molly?” Aunt Lilly asked.
           
Molly peered up at her through her new eyeglasses. “What’s the point? I can’t wear anything cute anymore because of my new glasses. They’ll just get in my way and ruin the whole costume.”

Molly looked absolutely adorable with her new lilac plastic frames. But she didn’t think so at all. She couldn’t get away with squinting anymore. Her headaches were too severe. “When has anything stopped us from being creative?” asked Aunt Lilly.
           
Molly cocked her head to the side. She tried hard to hide her smile, but couldn’t. It spilled out of her like a rainbow. “Fine. We can try.”
           
The two of them spent the next three hours sewing a princess outfit using metallic threads that shimmered with the light. Molly suggested they use facets around the wrist edges to look like fancy jewels.
           
“You’re going to look like a very elegant fairy princess. How about you go try it on so we can see how beautiful you look?”
           
Within five minutes, Molly trudged out of the bathroom and stood in front of her aunt. She yanked her glasses off and threw them down on the table. “They make me look ridiculous. How many fairy princesses do you know that wear glasses? ”
           
How could she convince a little girl that no one would care that she wore glasses? To Molly, it was the end of the world as she knew it. Life with glasses meant no friends, no fun, no chance at ever being the pretty girl that everyone wanted to be around. Some things never changed with time. As a kid, Aunt Lilly remembered all too well the pain of that first day with new glasses. The kids laughed at her when she walked in to class. The pointing, name-calling, snickering all carved a scar that was really hard to erase over that year.
           
“I have an idea.” Aunt Lilly prayed that she had some Torsade left in her drawer.
           
Molly followed her over to the supply closet.
           
Aunt Lilly wrestled to get the drawer open and then out spilled lots of loose threads. Sitting on the bottom, was one last yard of Torsade, and it even matched the lilac from her glasses.
           
“Let me see your glasses.”
           
“Gladly,” Molly said. “You can keep them.”
           
Aunt Lilly looped the Torsade around each frame and then hung them from Molly’s neck. “Go look in the mirror, now.”
           
Molly skipped over to the full-length mirror down the hall and squinted at herself with the princess dress on. She then lifted her glasses up to her face and the Torsade sparkled around her face like garland on a Christmas tree. A smile perked on her face. “Hey, this is pretty cool,” she said to her.
           
Aunt Lilly watched her as she spun around and modeled the glasses. Put a little sparkle in her face and she lit up like the sun. “This could really work, Aunt Lilly. How much you want to bet, Casey going to ask me to make her one of these for her sunglasses.”
           
And just like that the happy kid blossomed again. Aunt Lilly wished she could just stop time so all she’d ever need to do is pull out a piece of sparkly thread from her drawer to make her niece happy.