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I love baby gifts

31 October 2008

I’m 46 and I don’t have that many friends who are having babies. Before long, my friends will probably be having grandchildren, though. Whenever I hear that a friend is pregnant, I get very excited, because I love knitting baby stuff. It’s little, it’s soft, it doesn’t take much time.

Some old friends had a baby girl this month. When I heard she’d been born, I instantly started thinking about what I could knit her. Since I hadn’t sprung into action when I learned about the pregnancy, knitting something like a blanket was out. I wanted to be able to send the gift soon.

So I decided to knit a teddy bear. I’d made this particular pattern a few years ago, the last time a friend was pregnant. So I actually had the yarn in my stash (and it was easy to find, thanks to my Elfa yarn organization system. I did have to buy a ball of yarn for the bear’s sweater. And I bought some stuffing.

This yarn, called Oh My!, is amazing. It’s 100 percent nylon and when you knit it on smaller needles it feels plush, just like a stuffed animal. So here’s a photo of the bear, taken right before I sent it off to the baby.

So cute! Incidentally, if you’re on Ravelry, there are more photos of the bear in my notebook. My Ravelry name is kramerscout.

Changing the subject, Sunday marks the end of Daylight Saving Time. I am so happy about that. I’ve been having the hardest time getting up in the morning in the dark. The best part about going back to standard time is that we gain an hour on Sunday. I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to spend that extra hour. I could get an extra hour sleep. Or I could spend it working. Or decluttering. But I believe I’ll spend it knitting and watching something fun on TV. What a surprise. How will you spend it?

Happy Halloween!

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