Baby things

I'm now a little bit surprised how little baby stuff I actually made in these last 9 months. Shouldn't I be able to churn out 3 things every week? Turns out that I don't have a lot of enthusiasm for making things that will only be vomited on for a few months, and never appreciated, cute as they are. Plus, I spent all my energy making this...



(Put your hand up if you thought I meant the cotton blanket. hehe)


So the labor was really easy. I laid around all day, supposedly having irregular contractions. The waters had broken at 1:30am but nothing further had happened, and they convinced me to have the drip (which made my first experience of labor so much fun :P ) by promising me an epidural FIRST. After snoozing all day (it was surprisingly exhausting for something I couldn't feel) they discovered that the naughty monkey had no intention of coming at all. Off I went to theatre for a caesarean, where they pulled out a protesting little 4.1 kilo boy (That's 9lb 1, for you pre-metrics Ü).

Knitted DNA

The labor was easy, but I think I prefer the recovery of a natural birth! My stomach hurt for a week. But I had a 5-day holiday (in hospital), and my dear hubby has been taking care of me since. Stomach feels fine, now, and I'm getting a bit of sleep. Zachary is great; he's a good sleeper so far, and drinks lots.

Jack's kimono sweater, which was so simple and easy to make. I used some very pretty merino from Kate's shop and covered up a few holes with a bit of embroidery that you can barely see here. Of course, it's Summer in Australia, now, so he hasn't tried it on yet. It looks about the right size for wearing in a few months Ü

These are the singlets that match the DNA. They aren't finished; I just tonight taught myself to do single crochets (which are only edging the green one's arm holes so far). You run an icord through the double-crochet on the neck, for a drawstring, and it will then fit from age 0 to 18 months. I don't think they'd fit Jasmine, but... we'll see. I'll force her into one for a photo, if I can ;)

And here are the little boots made from cashmere-merino scraps (from my Ishbel). They fit him really well, but he can kick them off no problem. Must find a pattern as good as "tiny shoes", but for boys. Knitted blundstones or something ;)

Well, hopefully I've made sense here... I think I'll head off to bed for, I don't know... an hour or so? Sweet dreams!