A sweater for my grandson

I finished it!

After finishing the sleeves, I decided the body was too short (again!), so I frogged the ribbing and made it a bit longer. I was actually still knitting three hours before we left for the airport. But I managed and it does look the right size to me now, so it was worth the rush. In case you’re wondering why the rush: we travel with carry-on luggage only and knitting needles are not allowed. I don’t have the right ones in the cabin and though buying some would be possible, it might have been hard to find the sizes I needed.

I’ll have to wait till Christmas to see if it really fits though. My grandson’s birthday is this Sunday, but the sweater is meant as a Christmas gift. It’s killing me to wait, but that does give me time to wash it. I hope that will even out the stitches a bit more. It’s cotton, so technically it doesn’t need blocking. I have noticed though that cotton and acryllic yarn do look better after the first washing, so I tend to do that.

We arrived yesterday morning. On our way from the airport to the cabin, we stopped at our daughter’s to pick up a package they received for us. Added bonus was that we could see our grandson too.

When we decided to move so far way from our family, I told myself to accept that our (future) grandchildren would not really know us. I figured occasional visits and monthly videocalls would not be enough for a small child to recognize his grandparents. But you know what? It is! He knows we’re his oma and opa and he is not shy at all. That makes me so, so happy!

(p.s. I’m considering moving the blog back to wordpress.com because some of you have issues, but I’m to jetlagged right now to make a decision about that)