Fingering weight yarn 800 yds main colour
300 yds colour B
Approx 750 size 6/0 beads

She had been away from Eire five years now, they had made a good life in the states but she longed for the smell of turf in the grate and the warmth of her mothers voice. She was going home, she was bringing her mother her grandchildren. She looked at the twins and then the babe in her arms. As she waited for the steamer her heart was heavy, leaving behind her husband for 2 months was heart breaking. She had a fine shawl, big enough to keep her and the babe covered….. if only it could cover the pain in her heart…