11.01.08
Two Good Excuses, Redux
A sheepish hello to the few lingering blog readers who may occasionally still check this site. I had every intention of blogging occasionally over the past few months, but between a move and a physically taxing pregnancy, it just never happened. I had wanted to thank all the wonderful blog friends who sent baby gifts and show you a few of the things that I knit on my own. And in fact, a comprehensive blog post was on my relatively short list of things to accomplish during the last week of my pregnancy (it was all about the sitting-down tasks at that point). Unfortunately for that post, the first thing I accomplished during what was supposed to be my last week of pregnancy was to have two babies.
My son Julian and my daughter Eloise arrived at 5:27 and 5:28 a.m. respectively on Sunday, October 19, weighing just about 5 pounds apiece. They are healthy and beautiful and they sleep perfectly through the night. (Okay, two out of three ain’t bad.) Waiting for them in the world were:
inverse booties and tie-dye socks from saripinksparkles,
babylegs, receiving blankets, onesies and socks from Emily (Yarn Miracle),
and flippin’ adorable baby sweaters and turkey hats from MiniLaura. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful generosity! The babies will get great use out of all of these things just as soon as they grow to the size of normal babies.
I also knit them a very modest number of things myself in anticipation of their arrival, including some mittens, a dress (even though I didn’t know whether we were having boys or girls, the dress just kind of got knit), two sweaters, a hat, and the blanket pictured in the cradle above. I have not knit a stitch since they arrived, and I expect it may be some time until I have a chance to do so (given that I haven’t even had a chance to photograph the few things I finished before they were born).
Speaking of things I probably won’t have a chance to do for a while, you could probably guess that Lickety Knit will stay in hibernation for the foreseeable future. I am not declaring it closed for business forever, because I take great inspiration from supertwinmoms Earthchick and Amylovie, who have clearly demonstrated that there can be knitting after twins — eventually. I am not saying I expect my readers to stick around in the interim; I’m just reserving the right to start back up again someday. I have met amazing people through this whole blogging endeavor, and it has made me challenge myself as a knitter and a writer. While I am ready for it to take a back burner for a while, I expect I may very well find myself with the inclination and (dare I even dream it) the time to return to it at some point.
In the meantime, if you’re the sort of person who loves pictures of babies (I am not one of those people, except in the case of my own, but I hear that these people do exist), Matt and I are attempting to keep up a family blog over at www.sparveys.com. Baby knitting will be featured whenever possible.
Finally, I leave you with a couple more pictures of my sweet children. Because this is a blog that for three-plus years featured my handiwork, and they are without question the best things I’ve ever made.
Julian (I finished that hat about 2 hours before my water broke)
Eloise (I totally owe her a hat)
