I'm sure everyone's been wondering what happened to me for the last three weeks, though hopefully you've put it down to having a newborn in the house.
I must confess, though, that my absence is only partly because of a baby and mostly because of a pattern deadline. And every night I've been going to bed thinking "I have to do that blog post and sort out winners tomorrow."
Finally, the right tomorrow is here and the two patterns I've been spending every spare minute working on have been sent off and I am writing my blog post!
So, it was three weeks ago yesterday, about this time, that I was heading home from hospital with a gorgeous little newborn baby.
Just four hours old
A little boy! (But not so little, really.)
Born on 5 September 2012 at 6.45am and weighing in at 3960g (about 8lb 11oz) he was a bit of a shock - both that he was a boy and how big he was!
Cuddles with Papa
The baby socks and hat I made didn't fit. The cardigan I made that I thought wouldn't fit for a bit, was perfect (in the picture above). And all my worry about not having any baby clothes was made worse by the fact that he was already fitting well the few NB size clothes I'd bought and would outgrow them very quickly! Fortunately I have generous family with little boys of their own that have lent me clothes for now.
Three weeks later, life has settled into a predictable routine. The girls love him to bits and are really good about taking turns holding him. And even though he keeps me rather busy and all the things I used to do take twice as long to get around to now, I'm sure I will be boring you all with lots of baby picutres and new little boy designs to knit soon enough!
And now, for the winners of my guessing competitions!
The closest guess for When is Cas who guessed 6th September.
The closest guess for How Big is Kelly who guessed 8lb 2oz.
And the random winner of those that guessed Boy is KiwiFi.
Congratulations everyone!
(I will contact the winners to arrange prizes later today, though if you don't hear from me, feel free to give me a hurry up!)
Thank you everyone for entering! I'm pretty sure if I had put in my prediction for this Little Man I would've been so wrong!
***CLOSED*** Winners will be announced in due time...
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Easy peasy question this time!
Boy or Girl?
So far we have three girls...
(And, no, we don't know ourselves!)
Make your prediction in the comments!
(This time the winner will be chosen by Random.org from those that guess correctly!)
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And the prize for this competition?
The winner's choice of pattern(s) gifted via Ravelry to the value of $USD20
(More than one pattern can be requested to the total combined value as stated. If the winner is not a member of Ravelry - you don't know what you're missing out on! - an alternative, similarly valued prize will be arranged.)
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Just a few rules:
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here for the previous two questions.
One of the first questions I've been asked when friends find out about the baby is if I've been doing any baby knitting.
I have, but none of it for our baby yet!
Within my circle of friends there's plenty of babies on the way. First there was a baby born just last month, another one born just last week, one due in May, four due in July, three due in August and then me! So guess whose baby knitting will happen last?
(And that's not including the knits I have to do for up-coming designs.)
I do have plans to make a blanket for this little one, though.
Both patterns by Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed
I've ordered the yarn and will decide when it arrives which one it suits best. This will be a special blanket made with special yarn, but more about that when the yarn gets here.
(I'm expecting it to take around two months as it's coming from the US and was a special limited edition colourway dyed to order.)
But, knowing myself and my uselessness at getting around to things I figured a quicker knit would ensure this baby isn't born without anything handknit by me. So I spent some time on Ravelry looking at booties and sock patterns, favourited a whole heap but decided on none!
The other problem appeared when I went through my stash - I've really only got either girl colours (funny that!), bright colours (think frog-green) or dark colours (grey & black). Yarn shopping might be in order, I think!
So, anyone got suggestions for quick baby knits (links are great!) and what are good newborn neutral colours (we're not planning on finding out the sex)?
I like plain, but modern and don't really like a lot of garter stitch. And crochet booties or hats are great too!
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