Martha Stewart's Knit-Wit

This is day sixteen of my healthy living process and I am only going to say that it's been a good day. Rather than digress about what all I've eaten today, I hope you will enjoy this post about an art form that I am so happy to share with you.

Have you ever heard of a knit-wit? I don't mean the mindless sort of nit-wit either. In Martha Stewart's December issue of Martha Stewart Living there was an article about a little tool called the knit-wit. I was thrilled to finally know that the tool my mother used in the fifties, to make this gorgeous dress that you see my daughter Brook modeling, actually had a name. I had talked about this tool with a friend of mine, whose mother also owned a knit-wit and her mother used hers to make flowers to decorate packages with.

It must have taken my mother hundreds of hours to complete this beautiful dress, made of purple silk organza ribbon.

I love the story of the time my mother was out dancing and her beautiful dress became entangled in her dates tie tack. Does anyone wear tie tacks any-more?

I really wish I had a photograph of my sweet Mama wearing this beautiful piece of art, back in her hay- day.

She would be so thrilled to see her granddaughter wearing her lovely creation. I bought my daughter a vintage slip to wear under it in a pale blue. My daughter is 6' tall and my sweet mother was only 5'4". Because my darling daughter Brook is so slender it was only the length that would have been a problem. My mother wore this dress with a deep purple silk organza slip. I remember thinking she was quite the vision of loveliness when I was just a little girl. This is an heirloom piece that my daughter has already worn to several very important events. You can click on the article from Martha's December issue if you want to read more about the knit-wit.
Thank you Martha Stewart for this wonderful article about what I thought was a lost art!