Knit Life
It’s a human!
Some people don’t want to know their baby’s sex. I am not one of those people. I have important knitting pattern and yarn choices to make. How will I know if I should knit Tardis blue baby booties or Pinkie Pie pink ones? Should I find a pattern with ruffles on the butt or a dashing little blazer with elbow pads? Will my newborn baby be cosplaying as the 10th Doctor or Hermione Granger in its photos? I NEED TO KNOW.
So, no. I won’t be giving you a coy smile and telling you I want to be surprised. It’s a girl and her name is Lazerwolf!
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Just kidding! (Take a deep breath, Mom. Lazerwolf is still a joke even though Kevin and Jac try to convince you it isn’t.) My sweet little girl will be named Mabel. :D
And yes. I WILL be making her a fine selection of Mabel sweaters, but that’s a post for another day.
Jac bought me a pattern book, 60 More Quick Baby Knits
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I’ll post pics of my baby projects as they all come to fruition, but I’m pretty stoked to be able to show off the first finished blocked and seamed creation: the Double Breasted Jacket! And can we just all take a minute to deal with these buttons. They are tiny ducks.
TINY. DUCKS.
Ahem. Anyhow, I found them at Rosie’s Yarn Cellar, and I bought them before I even knew what I would be putting them on. I actually decided to make this sweater first because it called for 2 rows of buttons, and I could use an excessive number of tiny ducks.
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The yarn, Frog Tree Pediboo, was a gift from one of my knitting students, and I really enjoyed working with it. It worked up into a slightly stiffer fabric than I was expecting, but relaxed really nicely when I blocked it. I did a full wet block on this one even though it’s superwash since I wanted to lengthen my stitches a little, and also because it’s just so satisfying to see it laying perfectly shaped in the future nursery. Also, I went from looking kinda pregnant to looking incredibly pregnant overnight and now my tummy is bigger than my baby sweaters. ;)
I feel much better than I have in months, and it’s starting to feel real. Mabel will be here soon and there are so many things I want to make for her. I get in this loop of feeling like if I make her enough sweaters and blankets, maybe she’ll know how much I already love her. For Christmas, I’m asking for the Royal Petite Court kits since pretty much all I think about right now is what I can make for her next. I can’t promise her she’ll always be happy, but at least she’ll never be cold.
~ Megan-Anne
There are so many things I want to make her that I desperately miss the caffeine fueled energy that pre-pregnancy me enjoyed. I’ll never take espresso for granted again.
Lazersaurus, that’s the name I suggested, appropriate for a girl. Also “Ator, The Fightin’ Eagle”, which I am told is not as appropriate for a girl but I find it enchanting.
Now that you know Mabel is a girl you absolutely must knit Entrechat. It’s my all-time fave baby knit. And you can make a bigger on every year until she’s in middle school.
I first liked it because it reminded me of my girls learning to “jump over the box” as they learned “step of the cat (Entrechat) in ballet class. Now I like it because it’s a quick, easy, elegant knit.
oh my . . . . . Those royal petite court kits are so cute! I have a friend who is due in 8 weeks, i think i know what her baby is getting for christmas!!!!!!!
Love that little sweater, and Mabel is a gorgeous name! As a new mom myself, trust me you can never have too many sweaters. Babies are known to…leak. Often. And profusely.