With a few baby thoughts thrown in for good measure...
First, here is a photo of me last night...
I think this top makes me look smaller, as black always does. I've been getting a lot of "aren't you small" comments from people who know how many weeks I'm gestating at. People who don't know, just think I'm a lot earlier on than I actually am. Here's a link to a photo of me carrying Willow the morning of her birth. I'm not actually that much bigger, and if anything I'm just a different shape.
Eve wearing the dress she chose for Nanny to buy for Christmas (the one "Aunty Lauren HATES" as Eve was telling me MONTHS before the day... it took me ages to get her to wear it, but I think it really suits her!! It will make a lovely summer dress, and it's still a little large, so it'll still fit!!
The three preemie size hats I've knitted for Lisa's stars. It's a charity which collects tiny hats and shrouds for babys born sleeping.
I've never had a miscarriage, or birthed a sleeping angel... Part of me hopes I never will. I hope that these little hats will provide some comfort for the parents of those little ones.
The pattern I'm using I found for free on Ravelry... it comes in 6 sizes and is called Teeny Tiny Preemie Hats. There's a couple of other patterns I have in mind to use for the DK yarn I have to use up, but this is a nice one for the fingering yarn.
It's a project I've had in mind since before Christmas. It's particularly pertinent to me now upon hearing that two of my friends across the ocean have gone through this loss recently. I'm thinking of them and their babies when I knit them, and how small these hats are. How precious life is.
The yarn I'm using is some leftover bamboo sock yarn, which is so soft and lovely. I made a mistake with my first hat, which is why it looks a little pointy, but I think it's still okay. I'm going to use up all my odd balls on this project and send them all off together when I have around 10. I have been knitting in church since I now have my hands free during meetings... Eve is in Primary, and Willow has very happily joined Nursery. I've had a few looks... you know the kind... like... how dare you knit in church, you should be listening! While I'm pretty sure I could just point out that actually I manage to pay attention better when my hands are busy... I think that just telling people what my project is might be enough to shut them up. We'll not dwell on some of the wastes-of-time I've seen others engaged in during meetings/lessons. No, we won't.
My dear friend Amy, who was such a support through my last pregnancy sent me this via etsy, and it just arrived yesterday....
The affirmation she wants me to remember with this bead is "Don't push the river, it flows by itself". Which the bead really will remind me of, since it's sort of got a river bed with water running over it. It's perfect! Honestly, the photo here doesn't do it justice, and I think Amy might string me up if I go looking for it on etsy... lol.
Nicks job is going really well, he's got his second contract... he's working at the top of the leaderboard for the number of bugs found (literally he has the most). So things are good there. The best of it is that he's decided I can keep his iPhone during the day, which is really helping when I need to distract one of the girls on the odd occasion, or when I'm trapped under sleeping bodies and I can't reach my knitting. The cost of him driving there and back every day is something I hadn't considered fully, especially with the cost of fuel rising... it really is getting a little ridiculous! So it will be a relief in some ways to be able to find a house closer to his work. I am still struggling with the idea of leaving this house though. It's a constant, and a known quantity to me and part of me needs to be able to control something in my life. It's far from perfect, but we've worked to get it the way we need it to be to raise our children comfortably, and that's something I'm going to miss. I'm also going to miss the garden.
I can tell I'm nearing birth, because Nick is starting to sleep more lightly. Seriously! He did it last time too!! Normally he's dead to the world, but the last few nights he's been waking when I go to the loo... hee hee... apparently though (he's just telling me) I haven't been particularly quiet about it... but then normally a marching band wouldn't wake him...
So... I'm sorry for the lack of postings here... perhaps that will pick up... perhaps not! I am definately a lot lot more tired this time... and I think it's from having 2 energetic little ones to play with as well as the joys of gestation :D
Love from us to you xx
First, here is a photo of me last night...
I think this top makes me look smaller, as black always does. I've been getting a lot of "aren't you small" comments from people who know how many weeks I'm gestating at. People who don't know, just think I'm a lot earlier on than I actually am. Here's a link to a photo of me carrying Willow the morning of her birth. I'm not actually that much bigger, and if anything I'm just a different shape.
The three preemie size hats I've knitted for Lisa's stars. It's a charity which collects tiny hats and shrouds for babys born sleeping.
The pattern I'm using I found for free on Ravelry... it comes in 6 sizes and is called Teeny Tiny Preemie Hats. There's a couple of other patterns I have in mind to use for the DK yarn I have to use up, but this is a nice one for the fingering yarn.
It's a project I've had in mind since before Christmas. It's particularly pertinent to me now upon hearing that two of my friends across the ocean have gone through this loss recently. I'm thinking of them and their babies when I knit them, and how small these hats are. How precious life is.
The yarn I'm using is some leftover bamboo sock yarn, which is so soft and lovely. I made a mistake with my first hat, which is why it looks a little pointy, but I think it's still okay. I'm going to use up all my odd balls on this project and send them all off together when I have around 10. I have been knitting in church since I now have my hands free during meetings... Eve is in Primary, and Willow has very happily joined Nursery. I've had a few looks... you know the kind... like... how dare you knit in church, you should be listening! While I'm pretty sure I could just point out that actually I manage to pay attention better when my hands are busy... I think that just telling people what my project is might be enough to shut them up. We'll not dwell on some of the wastes-of-time I've seen others engaged in during meetings/lessons. No, we won't.
My dear friend Amy, who was such a support through my last pregnancy sent me this via etsy, and it just arrived yesterday....
The affirmation she wants me to remember with this bead is "Don't push the river, it flows by itself". Which the bead really will remind me of, since it's sort of got a river bed with water running over it. It's perfect! Honestly, the photo here doesn't do it justice, and I think Amy might string me up if I go looking for it on etsy... lol.Nicks job is going really well, he's got his second contract... he's working at the top of the leaderboard for the number of bugs found (literally he has the most). So things are good there. The best of it is that he's decided I can keep his iPhone during the day, which is really helping when I need to distract one of the girls on the odd occasion, or when I'm trapped under sleeping bodies and I can't reach my knitting. The cost of him driving there and back every day is something I hadn't considered fully, especially with the cost of fuel rising... it really is getting a little ridiculous! So it will be a relief in some ways to be able to find a house closer to his work. I am still struggling with the idea of leaving this house though. It's a constant, and a known quantity to me and part of me needs to be able to control something in my life. It's far from perfect, but we've worked to get it the way we need it to be to raise our children comfortably, and that's something I'm going to miss. I'm also going to miss the garden.
I can tell I'm nearing birth, because Nick is starting to sleep more lightly. Seriously! He did it last time too!! Normally he's dead to the world, but the last few nights he's been waking when I go to the loo... hee hee... apparently though (he's just telling me) I haven't been particularly quiet about it... but then normally a marching band wouldn't wake him...
So... I'm sorry for the lack of postings here... perhaps that will pick up... perhaps not! I am definately a lot lot more tired this time... and I think it's from having 2 energetic little ones to play with as well as the joys of gestation :D
Love from us to you xx
I have that same yarn and made socks from it! I think the colors are fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's elephant yarn! That is such a beautiful project- that's something I could actually learn to knit for!
ReplyDeleteYou look pretty much the same size/shape I was when Ben was born :)
It's great yarn! My MIL picked it up on sale a few years ago for me...
ReplyDeleteTo avoid confusion I knitted my nephew Benjamin an elephant with the first portion of this ball... it's what it's "leftover" from. pattern is here...
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elefante
I just heard my knit picks order has arrived at my friends house in Northampton!! (she has an APO address, so it's free shipping!) sooooo excited to start on my baby projects (and some for the dolls) and Nicks HAT!!