I hate when stuff like that happens. Now you can knit wee one several emli hats in different colors so she'll always have a spare. :)

I knit a shawl for my mother-in-law right before she went to India and her bag was lost. She didn't start calling about the bag until she got back to the States a month later. She called and bugged everyone she could and it finally turned up. Some of her jewelry was missing, but the shawl was still there. I hope yours turns up, as well.

Oh that is upsetting for more for you than her, but still...I mean it's only stuff that can be replaced, but it was special handmade with love stuff or passed down with love stuff. Hopefully the shopping cheers you up some.

that's so annoying about suitcases being lost. With a bit of luck it might still turn up????

Hope you had a great vacation!

Do airlines compensate you when they totally LOSE luggage? Did they let you know its gone forever?
I'm so sad for you! But I'm a total b*tch when stuff like this happens to me, I'd be driving someone on the phone mad until they found my suitcase.

Is there ANY chance at all that it will still turn up?

That is a lesson to us all. . . handknit special items in CARRYON luggage ONLY!

Sigh.

I will pray that the suitcase shows up.

So sad! Baby things are precious and you want to keep them forever. Hopefully, as soon as you buy her all new clothes and stuff, the suitcase will show up. That would make us all very happy!

Usually suitcases turn up! Keep calling and pestering them!

That's really sad! But on the brighter note, like you mentioned, you get to go shopping and maybe make something else just as great to replace what was lost.

:( Oh that's so sad. Sure, it's just stuff, but it is really special stuff. I'm so sorry and I hope it might still turn up.

Until then, on with the shopping!

Grrr! So sorry! It's like where does that stuff go?

Having had my own luggage lost, I know how much this stinks. Hopefully the shopping (and maybe a little chocolate?) will make this a little easier to swallow.

Oh no! Where could that suitcase be??? Maybe if you keep calling, they will become so annoyed that they will keep looking until they find it...

Unfortunately, italian airports are in a total luggage chaos right now. Good luck!

It's so upsetting and I'm sorry for wee one. My car was broken into on a trip from VA to MS to visit my hubby. My daughter was just 7 months old and we lost my baby blanket among other things. I'm still pretty miffed at that 15 years later!

I rarely post, but I just had to say how very sorry I am. Loosing handknits is emotional enough, but loosing things that remind you of your baby's first months, well that just gets really personal. I wish you very happy shopping.

We've lost a comfort item (knit blanket) and just last week had my bicycle stolen. I guess things come and go, but a little grieving is called for.

I love the pocketbook, I want to make one!

:(
that is so sad!!

When I went to Italy last summer Alitalia lost my bags BOTH WAYS! The second time, I was one of about ten people from the same flight who'd had their luggage lost, including one poor Italian couple who spoke no English and were leaving the next morning for a cruise. Anyway, both times the bags showed up after a few days, so I hope yours will too.

I hope the suitcase will still turn up. Keep calling the airline. The emli hat was really cute.

Oh no. Just reading that made my heart drop, but seeing those pictures? That hand-sewn doll? My heart goes out to you. And my little mind is starting a chant that someday, some way your suitcase gets found and returned.

Oh no!!!!

I'm so sorry! I would be very bummed too.

Well, at least you can start knitting another embossed leaves hat.

Those baby things are so much more than the physical reality. They are our memories of our children's babyhoods & cannot be replaced. I will never get over losing the baker's clay ornaments I made with my girls when the older one was 3½ & the younger one was about 6 months old. They included a cut out of the older girl's hand & the impression of the baby's hand on a round flattened disc. They were decorated with red & green glitter - very homemade looking & not at all fancy but my girls, frozen in time. We hung them on our Christmas tree every year & talked about how J & I had made them when K was a baby. Then, shortly after we bought our house, my SO put the box containing them in the damp cellar off our basement (even though I had asked him to put it on a high shelf [which I couldn't reach] in the hall closet). When I couldn't find the box the next year & asked him about it, he went right to the basement & got it. Of course, the baker's clay ornaments were all ruined with mold. We miss the silly little 3 year old made snowmen, etc. but my heart aches for the handprints.

That is so so sad! When I was moving to Texas from New York, I put my handmade blanket from my grandmother in my checked luggage. I loved that blanket so much since I was a little baby. My suitcase got lost, I was pissed! It wasn't that long of a flight but I had to change planes twice and I guess it got lost in the shuffle. Boo. I hope someone has it and appreciates it

When my daughter (now 17)was about 10 she lost her very beloved little stuffed frog (named appropriately enough Froggie). She was heartbroken, and I must confess I was, too. Something about seeing her pain was very hard for me to take. She got over it, I like to think that it was an important growing experience for her, but I also confess that I still miss that little frog.

When I first started reading, I thought you were going to say that the Emli bonnet was too small now.

I wanted to believe you would get that bag back but doesn't it seem strange that that is the only bag missing? With all those goodies in the bag maybe it was too tempting for some baggage handler to resist.

I don't take anything I love travelling with me.

Condolences on your loss

I understand how sad that is. On a trip to London last year, we lost my toddler's favorite stuffed toy, Biscuit the Dog. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do, to tell him Biscuit was gone. Especially when he asked for him again and again at bedtime. We eventually found another Biscuit, but it was a very painful experience. You can bet I guard this new Biscuit with my life! :)

I'm sorry it happened to you.

Well, at least they didn't loose it on the way TO Italy. What would you dress the poor child in??? It should turn up. My husband's always do.

So hope that suitcase shows up! It is hard to part with children's things, especially when they evoke such strong memories. x

You'd think in the security climate nowadays that luggage wouldn't go missing! I'd be pissed too.

Ouch! Is there any hope that they will turn up? I usually travel extra light (I don't have kids, so it is still possible to do), so I've thankfully never had to worry about that.

One of my relatives lost a car seat once it took them 8 weeks to get it back so here's hoping it will turn up ;)

Well, the best of it is you have those adorable pictures. Have fun shopping, and here's hoping miracles happen even with luggage!

Oh, I'm so sorry about losing all those cute baby things! That's worse than losing your own clothes -- baby things are precious!

I would love to replace her baby doll for you. There's a pillow doll I adored when I was a kid that's still being made today, and I'd love to send her a brand new one, if you'd let me. Just tell me what color (blue, pink, yellow, red), and of course, where to send it. If you'd like to know what it looks like before I send it, I can send you a link or a picture. Otherwise, it'll be a surprise!

I hope that suitcase turns up. You never know!
2 years from now a battered suitcase arrives at your doorstep. It could happen. :)

i know how you must feel - those things are just things but were precious and held meaning and memories...hope the suitcase turns up anyway...the part of shopping sounds a little uplifting....

I'm on the side of hoping it will turn up soon. I'm glad you have photos of most of it. Condolences.

What?! How horrible. They just aren't looking for it anymore?
It has to be somewhere.

In the meanwhile I hope you find some comfort in shopping.

That's bitter. I can understand you. There are a lot of memories in your kids' stuff and you put a lot of work into them too!
Hopefully the suitcase will turn up again!

I am so sorry to hear about your baby's things being lost. I know it hurts to lose things that are so close to your heart, but take this as a time to create new memories for your sweetie!

I have a very, very exciting post to write this evening =D

Sorry to hear about the case. Do keep calling, the airline database kept saying that they couldn't find my bags, when I got to speak to a real person it turns out that the bags were there waiting for me to pick them up, they just hadn't told me.

sorry to her about your lose it must be very hard to not only lose things that you made for your little girl but to lose everything that was pericous to you and her in her first few months of live. i will say a little pray that her bag shows up.

sorry to her about your lose it must be very hard to not only lose things that you made for your little girl but to lose everything that was pericous to you and her in her first few months of live. i will say a little pray that her bag shows up.

That's sad. I can understand that those things must have meant a lot to you. Perhaps they will appear someday back at your home. Until then, keep creating new memories - and garments/toys - to share with your family. :)

I just finished making an emli bonnet for a friend of mine. It is just so very cute! Thank you for the pattern! I'm just sad you lost yours.

Oh that sucks. :(

i'm conflicted. i want to be sad about the lost knits and clothes but... she. is. so. freakin. cute!!!

I hope the suitcase turns up!

LOL, Peggy, she is cute, cuter, cutest!

I hope it shows up. Being attached to little things can be just awful when they are lost.

I'm so sorry about all the lost stuff. I wish I'd known you were flying Al Italia - I would have tried to talk you out of it! We had a nightmare experience with them on our honeymoon - I've never seen an airline so incredibly inept and so utterly unconcerned about it! Hope the suitcase surfaces. :(

OMG.
I'm so sorry. My heart goes out to you, seriously.

The bonet is sooo cute, but she looks like the pic was taken by surprise.

Alison:

That's awful! There is no chance that the airline will find it? I hope they do, I have my fingers crossed for you anyway.

What, they can't find the suitcase ? they need to find it and fly it back to you.

Oh how frustrating!! I lost my cosmetic/accessory bag at Heathrow two years ago and it stillllll irks me!! Left it in the restroom for five minutes and it was swiped. I hope that jerk is enjoying all my Stila cosmetics. Grrr.