My mum knitted this Square Baby’s Shawl  (Sirdar 3007) for my niece who’s baby is due at the end of April 2017.

I showed the shawl to my sister in law (niece’s mum) and she said her mother knitted the same shawl for said niece in 1979. My niece was born in the UK and the family later emigrated to Australia.

My mum bought the pattern here in Australia to knit for my sister born in 1971.

It just goes to show how universal knitting is, the same pattern knitted by generations of women all over the world.