knitting projects + a giveaway
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5:48PM Hey, guess what? I'm going to have a baby in a few months!
This is so very exciting. And so very nerve wracking. What if I knit all the wrong things?
Is that even possible?
You know, now that I think about it, I don't think a person can knit all the wrong things. Babies don't care if something accentuates their love handles or pot bellies. They don't even care if something is an unflattering color or obviously the wrong gender.
So, never mind. I'm crossing that off my list of things to worry about.
I did knit a couple of gender neutral things to tide me over until I know if Baby Shamrock is a boy or a girl.
I made this adorable Small Things Bonnet. In green. Shamrock and his or her mama like green. In case that was a pressing question that was keeping you from sleeping.
And because Baby Shamrock is not here yet and I am out of Happy Birthday balloons, I used a skein of yarn wound into a center pull ball as a stand in.
I love this pattern. The newborn size is so fast to make, and the results are just too darn cute. I've made the alternate version included in the pattern for baby Ceci.
The green bonnet was knit from a partial skein of Geneva on Glenhaven Worsted.
I also made this sweet Magnolia Onesie. I finished the sleeve and wove in the ends during yoga class this week. That's how amazing I am at yoga. Or how terrible, depending on your perspective.
I still need to add buttons to the neck and bottom, but thought I would wait until I know a little more about Baby Shamrock before I do that. If he is a he, I might use some bamboo buttons. If she is a she, I might use something pink or purple.
Either way, I'll probably sew them on while I'm supposed to be working out.
I knit this newborn size (which I think is a pretty generous newborn size, even considering my history of big babies) with about 3/4 of a skein of Bamboo Cotton Worsted, dyed in a one of a kind colorway.
I plan to make more of these in soft wool with long sleeves in the next sizes up, as winter is long here in American Siberia.
Which brings me to my giveaway.
I get to find out (providing baby is cooperative) if baby is a boy or a girl on Monday. I'm far too excited for my own good.
Here's all you have to do to enter the giveaway: leave a comment guessing whether you think Baby Shamrock is a girl or a boy. After I find out the correct answer, I'll randomly choose one winner from the people who guessed right. The winner will get a $25 gift certificate. No strings attached.
One entry per person. You do have to leave your real first name and email address (email addresses are not visible to the public) so I can contact you if you win.
I will be sure and update as soon as I know something! Let the games begin!
Reader Comments (273)
I vote for girl because...I want to. :)
I'm going to say boy, but it might be that the dream of my friend's next baby being a boy is swaying me.
...dare I ask you to do a colour series post focusing on the insanity of the genderization of baby colours? I bet you'd make me pee my pants with things folks have said to you about the subject. And I also bet you'd have some good thoughts on what to say back at them!
Congratulations on your wonderful news. I am going to say that your having a little girl!
Boy, for the very primitive reason that your tummy is shaped differently than my tummy was when I was carrying a girl.
A healthy, happy Irish Behbeh Girl. With copper hair like when I was wee, peez!
A girl! A girl with dancing eyes and a love of pretty colors, just like her Mama. :)
Well, I have three girls and one boy and several friends of mine also have many girls and one boy. So, I am going to guess girl since that's how it goes around here. Although I hope that you get a boy to break the cycle and then if I'm blessed with another one someday I can hope to have another boy (it wouldn't really matter as long as I was blessed with another little one, just saying).
Girl!
Boy!! Congrats btw!!!! :)
I'm voting GIRL :)
I think it's a boy. :)
I think boy!! That is a gorgeous onsie!
A boy.
I believe your having a boy!!!!
I'm guessing a boy!
I'm voting BOY just to even things out.
I have to say girl! Good luck!
I'm saying Boy. . .but only so you can leave the name "Three Irish Girls" . . . :)
Girl. That's what I thought when you first shared your news. Healthy is most important, though.
Boy, boy, boy!