It wasn’t all bad and stressful these past months. We were only a few weeks in the country when my daughter E. and her husband (they got married last September) announced some wonderful news. I’m going to be a grandmother in December!
So I quickly knit up some booties and a little hat, but I never took pictures of them. I was too anxious to give them to the future parents. After I finished those, I immediately cast on for a little sweater, but then things got busy and stressed. I tried to knit, but my attention span was very, very low. A few stitches here and there, but not the real deal. I think I should be able to finish a tiny little sweater in a few days, but it took me over two months.
Anyway, last Saturday all the girls came by to say goodbye and I decided that I wanted to gift that little sweater before we left. It’s the same yarn as the hat and the booties, so it would be nice if they had that as a set. So I forced myself to push through and finish already.
Isn’t it cute? I just kind of winged it, based on sweaters I’ve seen on blogs and it worked out quite nice. I love the buttons too. They were a thrift find, but they fit perfectly (bonus: my daughter commented she loved them).
So, so tiny. I can hardly imagine that in only a few months a little baby boy (!) will be in it.
Oh, since people will inevitably ask (and I know you do because you care): yes, it will be hard to live so far away from my grandchild(ren). But I knew this could and probably would happen when I made the decision to move. So I’ll just deal with it, make do with pictures and video calling when I’m far away and spoil the kid rotten when we are there.
And I’ll probably need to pay for extra luggage for all the things I want to knit for him. I’m even contemplating making a quilt…