The Great Baby Sweater Race
The challenge before me: start and finish a sweater for a soon-to-be-one-year-old before her first birthday party on Sunday. No problem, if I didn’t have so much else to do between now and Sunday for work and school. Sigh.
Chay, daughter of my friends Lawrence and Julie, is already turning one. Unbelievable… Next time I turn around, she’ll probably be dating. (Is THAT how time zips by when you’re a grown-up? I’d heard rumors about it. Apparently once you turn 31 you enter some kind of weird blip in the time-space continuum where all the kids around you get older at a frantic pace but you stay perfectly still.) I already made her a sweater several months ago, but she’ll probably be outgrowing it soon and I really want her to have another one. I’ve got the yarn on hand (Lamb’s Pride Superwash. Yummy colors) and I’ve got the pattern picked out so the race is on.
Wish me luck. Progress pics when there’s something to show.
Whoa – I’ve met Lawrence a few times – he used to be on Echo which I’ve been a very active member of since early 1993. Small world!
Good luck with the marathon knitting! Surely a baby sweater could get done in that time! I’m rooting for ya.
Posted by: Jackie
I’m finding the same thing about kids and time. I’m even surprised at how quickly my own kids are having birthdays–all they want to do is get older and I want them to stay the way they are.
Good luck on the race-nice choice. If time is short a poncho is faster option.
Posted by: Steph
Yup…that’s how it is when you get older. Not only that, I think as soon as you have kids…time passes way too quickly!
Posted by: Eilene
The jumper should knit quickly, and luckily with kids stuff there isn’t much shaping. It’s a very cute pattern and I look forward to seeing the end result.
Posted by: Alison
Whoa – I’ve met Lawrence a few times – he used to be on Echo which I’ve been a very active member of since early 1993. Small world!
Good luck with the marathon knitting! Surely a baby sweater could get done in that time! I’m rooting for ya.
Posted by: Jackie
I’m finding the same thing about kids and time. I’m even surprised at how quickly my own kids are having birthdays–all they want to do is get older and I want them to stay the way they are.
Good luck on the race-nice choice. If time is short a poncho is faster option.
Posted by: Steph
Yup…that’s how it is when you get older. Not only that, I think as soon as you have kids…time passes way too quickly!
Posted by: Eilene
The jumper should knit quickly, and luckily with kids stuff there isn’t much shaping. It’s a very cute pattern and I look forward to seeing the end result.
Posted by: Alison
You can do it!
(Jackie, I was on Echo too. Forgot all about that.)
Posted by: Iris
The pattern you picked out is cute! I can’t wait to see the finished product!
Posted by: Audrey
You can do it!
(Jackie, I was on Echo too. Forgot all about that.)
Posted by: Iris
The pattern you picked out is cute! I can’t wait to see the finished product!
Posted by: Audrey