August 17, 2005

You know you knit too much when...

...you get your son's 6 month baby pictures back, and after commenting on how cute he is, you start to admire how well the paired decreases around the neck of his handknit vest showed up.

...you read If You Take a Mouse to the Movies to your two year old and you start planning out a pattern for the little boy's sweater.
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Hmmm, stripes.. argyle... corrugated ribbing... a roll neck... nothing too terribly hard. Besides, the kids would love having a sweater that matches their book. (Never mind that there isn't any pink in the sweater.)

Posted by crsattic at August 17, 2005 10:07 PM
Comments

lol so true!

Posted by: sedie at August 18, 2005 11:44 AM

I was reading my "almost 5 yo" the Willy Wonka book with the photos from the movie (she bought it with her lemonade stand money) and got totally distracted by the photo of the 4 grandparents in the bed- a log cabin knit afghan with a prairie point edging (I also quilt), knit gloves, honeycomb rib on Grandpa Joe's sweater, is Grandma Josephine wearing a felted hat?,..."um, Mom? Did you forget you were reading me a story?". And I think the mouse sweater (or vests?) would look cute in coral pink and a soft green for Charlotte and a more Christmassy red and green for Joshua. My kids loved to dress alike for the holiday photo when they were little.

Posted by: Tish at August 18, 2005 01:47 PM

You HAVE to knit the "mouse" sweater. When I was little, I would have loved having a sweater I saw in a book!

Posted by: Niki at August 19, 2005 02:01 PM

Hi,

Lovely entry, you made me smile. The last package is on its way to you now... so you will get it next week (hopefully before the reveal?).

happy knitting,

your secret pal!

Posted by: secretpal5 at August 23, 2005 06:45 AM

Way too funny! I agree with Niki, I think you need to do the Mouse sweater.

Posted by: Shelley at August 23, 2005 11:19 AM

If she really wants pink, make the red parts more on the rosey pink side... that's what I'd do. *grin* Your stuff is fantastically cute, both the knitting and the kids.

I love coming here and seeing everything, thank you for all your hard work

-saff

Posted by: Saff at August 28, 2005 11:14 AM