the blue blog archives: i need a hug

After working hard all last week on design stuff, I treated myself to a little baby knitting. Nothing'll cheer you up like hugs and kisses.

I finished the new back and then took out few rows from the first back and added neck shaping to make it the front. And now that pink blobby thing is on the back.

[Remember, this is not for my baby. I still have to wait two more days to know if I should make another pink hugs and kisses sweater for my little one. This one is for a friend's baby, who is already here and waiting patiently on her sweater!]

posted by alison at 9:48 am | in hugs and kisses

Comments

It's a girl! Congratulations!! :) How wonderful that you will be able to experience being a mother to sons and a daughter! And knit cute, fancy, pink things, too!

Posted by: Suzanne at October 3, 2006 9:55 AM

Oh shoot, my sleepy, coffee-deprived mind just realized that we are waiting until THURSDAY, not TUESDAY to find out the gender. Ah well, scratch that last post! :)

Posted by: Suzanne at October 3, 2006 9:57 AM

Thanks Suzanne, but this is for a friend's baby. I've been working on this sweater for a month or so. I don't find out the sex of my baby until Thursday.

Posted by: alison at October 3, 2006 10:00 AM

it's gorgeous.

Posted by: Orli at October 3, 2006 10:21 AM

aaaah! cutest thing everrrr!!!!!

Posted by: elizabeth at October 3, 2006 10:45 AM

That hugs-and-kisses cable is so adorable I can hardly stand it. (What blobby thing?)

Posted by: Lucia at October 3, 2006 10:50 AM

I've used that cable pattern myself in a single line, but it looks really effective when worked as an all-over motif.

Posted by: AmyP at October 3, 2006 11:12 AM

Beautiful! Just love the x's and o's.

Posted by: tiennie at October 3, 2006 11:28 AM

so cute!
2 more days... the suspense must be so intense!

Posted by: amisha at October 3, 2006 12:25 PM

WoW! Thta is the cutest baby sweater ever! What a lucky baby.

Posted by: sara at October 3, 2006 12:35 PM

Thing One: It's GORGEOUS.
Thing Two: What blobby thing?
Thing Three: When I was pregnant, I was too busy throwing up to knit. I'm delighted that it isn't so for you!

Posted by: Alison at October 3, 2006 12:37 PM

I love, love, love that sweater. After I first saw it, I decided that I had to have the book & ordered it from Amazon UK. There is not a pattern in it that I wouldn't want to make - great book. Thanks so much for letting us know about it.

Posted by: Donna at October 3, 2006 1:35 PM

Adorable! I just love the pattern and the color is precious! Lucky baby girl!!! Now to wait two more days to find out if you're having a little girl!

Posted by: Sandee at October 3, 2006 5:04 PM

Awww...that's just the sweetest little almost sweater!

Posted by: Kathy at October 3, 2006 5:11 PM

Maybe working on the pink sweater somehow lead the cosmos to destine your new little one as a little girl . . . . . .

Posted by: knittingnurse at October 3, 2006 7:50 PM

Usually I can work those blobby fuzz things back to the wrong side of the garment. I guess that didn't work for you--but your solution was smart, a classic Blue Blog solution!

Posted by: katie at October 3, 2006 7:59 PM

That sweater is adorable. C'mon, you can whip one out in yellow before Thursday :-)

Posted by: kmkat at October 3, 2006 9:02 PM

Hi, Lurking on your blog for a long time, and I really love the thing you make!

Maybe you will change the blogname in "the pink blog" in a few days :).

Groeten uit Holland

Posted by: knitting ajour at October 4, 2006 5:14 AM

With all this buzz about finding out if it's a boy or a girl, I truly hope you *can* find out. Some babies don't cooperate, you know...

Posted by: Jen at October 4, 2006 9:24 AM

Very, very sweet sweater!

Posted by: LivM at October 6, 2006 8:44 AM