Some of my shyness has fallen by the wayside as I've gotten older; even more has fallen away since having the boys. Tweedledee, in particular, will chat up anyone he meets. And, not surprisingly, they chat right back - he can be rather engaging.
So, it's no surprise that I'm on a first name basis with many of the pharmacists that we see at our neighborhood Target. What's a little more surprising is that one of them - we'll call her Em - calls out to the boys whenever she sees us pass down an aisle, or stops by the cafe if she sees us there having a snack. If the boys spend their allowance on something, they want to go by the pharmacy to show Em. She's one of those natural kid-people. Happily, Em just gave birth to her first little one. He showed up a bit ahead of schedule, but everyone is doing fine.
For Em, I jumped in and made my first Baby Surprise sweater. I love that this:
folds up and turns into this:
Too cool. I love me some Fun with Geometry. Tweedled'oh and I picked out these buttons:
The little guy has an Irish name, so it works out well.
As for the pattern, I had a smidge of trouble. I'm great with mindless knitting, and difficult knitting. It turns out that mostly-mindless knitting trips me up. It's not hard enough to keep my attention, so my mind wanders off and the next thing I know, I see that I very visibly messed up an increase six rows down. *sigh* Rip. Do over. Pay attention for a few rows. Repeat ad nauseam.
Details, details:
| Started: | 31 January 2007 |
| Finished: | Knitting - 26 Mar 2007 Finishing - 2 Mar 2007 |
| Pattern: | Baby Surprise, from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Workshop |
| Yarn: | Plymouth Yarn Dreambaby DK. 50% acrylic microfiber, 50% nylon. Lovely and soft; I'd use it again. I picked up the buttons at Jo Ann's. I can't find the button card to tell you the brand. |
| Needles: | Circular aluminums, size US 5 (I think.) |
