baby hiatus
With apologies to my niece Claire, who is all that is perfect and joyful and full of goodness and light. And who, judging by this picture, has a healthy mistrust of acrylic fibers.
Enough! Enough with the babymaking, I say!
It must be a late twenties thing, because I swear to blog that all the straight ladies I know who didn’t get knocked up as teenagers (and even some of them who did) have had babies in the last 3 years. But now, for the first time in what seems like forever, I appear to have a brief and shining window of time where none of my friends is pregnant. And while I love my friends dearly, I will not miss the long conversations about hemorrhoids, or choosing the right doula, or the embarrassment of inconvenient breast leakage.
I have to admit, though, that I will miss knitting teeny tiny gifts for teeny tiny newborns. They’re so cute, and so satisfying, and so fast!
And so I give you the last of them. The last of the wee handmade infant duds.
pattern: Offset Wraplan, by Sara Morris [pdf]
yarn: Knitpicks Shine Sport, in “grass”
needles: US 3 and 5
[raveled]
pattern: none, just a hat and some tube socks with leaves attached.
(If folks want a tutorial, I’ll post one–let me know)
yarn: Knitpicks Shine Sport, in “leaf”
needles: US 4
[raveled]
And that’s it! The end of the teeny tiny knits for the foreseeable future.
But stay tuned for totally adorable toddler clothes, obvs. And I think Claire might need a collection of knitted cephalopods…
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July 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I seem to be living in the opposite universe as you- a bunch of my friends are pregnant at the moment (and one just gave birth yesterday)! I love that sweater, too, BTW. It’s happily queued.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I saw the sweater on ravlery and added it to my queue and now I had to go fav that hat/sock set. Too cute.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
so cute! both baby AND sweatah.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Too, too cute! No pregnant friends (that I know of…) but a few just popped and are awaiting their hand knits. Thanks for turning me on to a darling gift.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:20 pm
It’s all very cute - baby, sweater, hat, wee socks. Thanks for the links to the sweater and the awesome patterns - I may need to make some of those for my little sprout.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I love the sweater! I’m facing an onslaught of babies this fall (none of them my own) and have started with the Saartje’s booties, and have the stuff for a BSJ and another sweater. Having seen your gorgeous sweater, I think I’ll have to add that to my plans too!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I think the last few years have been an abundance of babies being born here too. I cannot complain because I love babies and knitting for them is super quick and very cute too. Your baby items are so adorable and green is my favourite color. What is the next project on your list now that there are no baby knits.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Cute! I love the offset wraplan. classic, but also a little sassy.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Dear god, there must be something in the water. Same for me–all the straight late-20s women I know have had a baby in the last few years. As someone who doesn’t want kids, the discussions can get a bit wearing, much as I love my friends. Happy baby hiatus to you!
July 1st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
That is a great sweater!
I got into knitting because of a deluge of babies. Then I decided to add my own to the list. Now, I mostly knit for myself, and give new moms store bought gifts (or a pair of booties if they are very good friends.) Go figure.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Jeez, you are king midas, I swear:) Everything you touch turns into cuteness!! I am hoping to cast on a Ladies February Sweater this weekend - can’t wait!
July 1st, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I love the hat and socks…the little leaves are just perfect!
I think every toddler needs a collection of knitted cephalopods, most definitely. (I’m planning to knit a few up for the toddler-age kids of some friends of ours, actually!)
July 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
OMG Preach it sista! Everyone I know is pregnant and me…the scrooge of pregnancy and pretty much all things baby… gets stuck throwing the baby showers and stressing about all the baby stuff I should be making.
I got a stomach flu or something on Sunday and was nauseous sick all Sunday morning. I couldn’t help but think I had morning sickness…LOL. Guess immaculate conception only happens in the bible though :O)
But your baby stuff sure does melt my scrooge like heart. Great Job
July 1st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
i love love love love love that sweater! absolutely adorable. while i love my friends and i love babies, i have to admit that i am so tired of people getting engaged/married/pregnant. ENOUGH! make it stop!!!!
July 1st, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Augh, the cuteness! I want to put leaves on everything I make now, forever. Although I could probably wrestle it out, I’d love a quick leaf tut, if you had the time to post one!
Happy baby break…I think my circle’s babytime has only just begun…
July 1st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Ohhh, those are so the cute. You pick great colours.
I”m guilty of belonging to that twenty-somethings-with-babies category (although I do spare my friends the conversations about bodily functions and whatnot). I guess I just figured if Britney could do it…
July 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
circleslashcircleslashcircleslashcircleslash
July 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
ps that sweater is cute. and so is claire.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
I’ll fess up. There’s a vast conspiracy among breeders, and we are like a zombie horde, only we’re not out for brains, but rather making all of you like us. I guess that might make us more like a vampire horde. Or a horde of evangelical parental types. We think that by telling you about our horrific hemorrhoids and doula choices, we’ll talk you into joining us. Of course, we’re also delusional. It’s preparation for the way we’ll eventually regale you with stories of our kids’ genius.
I had my first at 20, well before the rest of my friends, so I’ve just spent the rest of my twenties patiently waiting for people to come join me.
I lurve, lurve, lurve your gorgeous baby accouterments! Green is such a good baby color, and so underused in storebought clothes. Your friends are very lucky indeed!
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 am
What a lovely baby cardi, the colour is fab!
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 am
I didn’t notice it on Flickr, but Claire’s single bottom tooth is so freaking cute. Yay for a lull in the procreation onslaught. I’m so glad to have made a bunch of new friends who are also circle-slashers. But it’s true, it’s great to have babies to knit for! (Also, can we discuss how freaking expensive those patterns are? For reals? I’m rethinking my pricing structure now.)
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:32 am
So cute knits and baby….the blue buttons are pretty on the green!
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:36 am
Yes! Tutorial! Please!
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:38 am
uuuuhhhhh. the baby boom is just beginning in my group of friends, one pregnant and FOUR trying. FOUR. Bring on the baby knits.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 am
I just knit squidalicious for my daughter’s second grade teacher–totally fun, quick project, but I want to knit the robot!
All of my friends seem to be finished for now. It’s just the early forties, thought I was going into menopause mistakes!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Seriously! Please no more babies!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I loooooove all the green. I have no pregnant friends…for now. At least baby things are fast knits!
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
A leaf tutorial, ohpleezohpleezohpleez!
Just bought yarn for the February Lady…you’re getting to me!
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I hear ya! I’m so there with the baby knitting for all my friends and family - seems having babies is the thing to do in my circle at this point. So I’m still knee-deep in baby knitting.
Thank you for the cute pattern links! Love how yours turned out - super cute!
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Honestly, Pam. If you wanted to knit something for my baby, all you had to do was say so. Heh.
This are cute knits, all of them, but your niece is even cuter.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Aw the cuteness!
July 5th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Gorgeous! I’m sure you’re going to enjoy the baby break… for now
July 5th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Just a hat and some tube socks? Get out of here, they are so damn cute
July 7th, 2008 at 4:56 am
yes, please. tutorial. i’m just not intuitive enough to wing it. ::sigh::