Baby Kimono

My other project this past week as been to finish this baby kimono. The pattern is from Lion Brand Yarn. It is the first sweater I’ve tried to knit, and I feel like I cheated a bit, because it is essentially five different pieces, but then sewn together.

Baby kimono sweater

Baby kimono sweater

Not quite like the impressive and adorable sweater that my pal Marcie knit for little baby.

By the way, I think I discovered while researching some different stitches online, that I’m actually knitting incorrectly. I knit through the back loop, whereas I guess you’re supposed to knit through the front. Unfortunately I can’t find my “Teach Yourself to Knit” booklet to doublecheck. With the sister arrives in January, I’m going to have to have her bring her knitting book with her (the one I gave her for Christmas … the gift that keeps on giving), to double-check what I probably already know to be true. Oh well, what are you going to do.

Baby Baby

Baby has a very cute sweater, knit by my friend, Marcie:

baby sweater

baby sweater

Super cute shoes from Cheryl & Katie:

mouse shoes. they match the cute outfit that came with it.

mouse shoes. they match the cute outfit that came with it.

Tasty baby shower food … Eggs with dill and other fancy herbs. Egg quiche. Tasty little puff pastries with savory fillings. One was sweet potato and bacon. The other was … mashed potatoes? Embarrasingly enough now I can’t remember. Regardless, the puffs and eggs were courtesy of JB. The quiche from I think Marcie.

baby shower food

baby shower food

Fun was had by all. Hooray!

Grandma Emma’s Blanket

This blanket arrived in an old Nieman Marcus box that had handwritten in pen, “Grandma Emma blanket. 1999”. You see, the husband and I started dating at the end of the year in 1998. In 1999, Grandma Emma was crocheting a blanket for a family friend’s baby, to be born that year. The husband’s Mom then asked Grandma to crochet a blanket for the husband’s first born as well, as it was sort of known that her eye sight was not what it once was.

“Why,” she asked. “Is there something I should know?”

As it turned out, the husband and I wouldn’t marry until 2004. Grandma Emma passed away in 2006. And, now, finally, the husband and I have a baby on the way. The mother-in-law gave this to us on Thanksgiving. She’d been holding it for nine years. Waiting patiently. Who knew it would take this long? Not me. Probably not Grandma Emma, either.

Grandma Emmas Baby Blanket

Grandma Emma's Baby Blanket

A beautiful blanket. And a sweet story.