Just in time!
The ruffle rib socks were finished just in time, but are still living in the wrong country.
Congratulations guys! Welcome to the world little E.
When I arrived home to the news all plans for the evening headed out the window, and I had to cast on for some little mittens – the red Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino has been waiting, but I thought I’d have longer to get them made :-)
Anyway, after an evening’s knitting, one is done:
The pattern is from Zoe Mellor’s Nursery Knits, and I don’t think it suits me. It’s knit flat and then seamed, and my seaming leaves a lot to be desired. I think I might make a new pair in the round using dpns and this one can go along as a spare in case one gets dropped.
I have an urge to make a blanket too. And booties. And a little sweater. Hmmm. There’s a definite lack of babies in my social circle on the whole, and when baby E’s cousin H was born 3 and a bit years ago I could knit, but I wasn’t A Knitter. (I do plan on making up for this). Baby things are so cute, and now I totally understand the Knitter’s urge to wrap everyone you care about in wool.
Cutey cutey cutey. What about a little i-cord bit matching up the 2 mittens so that it can be placed inside a jacket and not worry about losing them?
Oh and definately check out garnstudio for baby knitting inspiration, you will spend hours there oohing and aahing over the cardigans, booties, trousers etc they have there for babies.
29 Mar 2007 at 8:02 am
Hmmm. Broody much?
29 Mar 2007 at 8:35 pm
Those socks were cute! You know, I would fancy getting to a stitch & bitch in Ireland! We’re touring with a coach tour, so my time is packed to the gills as they cart us around! Any tips / hints on cool places in Dublin or around Ireland (we’re headed to the touristy places in the southern portion)?? You know, in case of free time!
30 Mar 2007 at 3:28 pm
Cute mitten! You say you don’t have enough babies to knit things for – well, my nieces and nephews are having babies like crazy! I may recruit you to help me … :-)
30 Mar 2007 at 4:57 pm
You’d be surprised. We didn’t think there were that many people having babies … until T started knitting baby hats, just ’cause she’d found this really wonderful baby yarn. She’s about 8 hats in, now, I think, and the babies still keep on coming.
Their heads grow faster than their hands, by the way, so they’ll outgrow those hats in nothing flat. And then they’ll cherish them, or pass them on, or something, but they’ll know that you liked them. Or, you know, that you liked the yarn and couldn’t think of a better way to use it.
30 Mar 2007 at 8:01 pm