About a year ago I took a baby sweater class at The Tangled Web to knit a sweater for my Fiendling. Not knowing his sex, I chose what I considered a nice, neutral color that wasn’t too, well… babyish. I was sick of the pale yellows and greens that so often accompany new babies.
When she saw the sweater in its nearly complete form, my mother immediately made me feel bad by expressing her disdain for the color. “Couldn’t you have chosen something more cheerful,” she asked. Huh. Well it was too late, and I hadn’t and the sweater was almost done. So I finished it. Sort of. I never got around to actually weaving in any of the ends until recently and I never sewed on any buttons.
Now it’s fall and it’s cool and I’m knitting the same sweater in a different color for my brother-in-law’s baby-to-be. It’s going pretty quickly and I’m making far fewer mistakes than I made the first time I attempted the pattern and I’m pretty pleased with myself so far. So pleased that I decided enough was enough and it was time to sew the buttons on my Fiendling’s sweater. He’s worn it the past two days and I love it, even though it’s not a cheerful color.
He seems to like wearing it too.
Phc | 22-Oct-06 at 1:38 pm | Permalink
I am so fucking over cheerful colors. I like this sweater.
Hey- did you get my email? Did I send it to the right address?
Cindy | 23-Oct-06 at 3:56 pm | Permalink
I like the sweater. Its a neutral color that he can wear with anything. Poo on your mom.
andrea | 23-Oct-06 at 5:35 pm | Permalink
I’m sure what your mother meant to say was “Wow! You can knit? I am so impressed- the little cables are perfect and he looks sooo handsome in it. Aren’t you proud of yourself for completing it before he outgrew it? Of all the things I wish I could do, knitting is one of them.”
Because, that’s what I would have said.
martha | 23-Oct-06 at 5:59 pm | Permalink
I don’t care what your mother say’s, I think the color is great. I love to dress Anthony in colors like those. I wish I could knit that well. I can’t even finish a blanket that I started before he was born.
lisamechelle | 23-Oct-06 at 8:21 pm | Permalink
I think it looks professionally made, and minus the buttons, I’d wear it myself (LOL).
karmajenn | 23-Oct-06 at 8:34 pm | Permalink
I’m loving that sweater, especially the way it matches the shoes. Excellent.
Fraulein N | 24-Oct-06 at 12:28 pm | Permalink
I’m with lisamechelle.
Lawmummy | 25-Oct-06 at 8:26 am | Permalink
I love the sweater, it’s adorable and Fiendling looks great in it.
Cheerful, schmeerful. Who says babies need cheerful colors? One of my favorite pictures of Katie is her in her black “activist” tee shirt!
girlfiend | 27-Oct-06 at 12:08 am | Permalink
I was trying not to gloat about how well it matched the shoes! I’m so glad you noticed!
now I’m all exclamation point happy. thanks for the compliments.