Sunday, August 14, 2011

Look what I made!

Well, Vova helped make him, too. This is our son, Axel. He's a beautiful, healthy boy who takes up most of our time and we wouldn't have it any other way.

In this picture, he's wearing the hooded baby cardigan I made for him. I put it on him a lot since he loved wearing it. As I had hoped, it was warm enough to ward off the chill of the air conditioning without giving him heat stroke. Those busy hands had fun fingering the garter stitch border as well as the texture of the yarn. After the second washing, it shrank a bit too much. I'm hoping I can stretch it out again.

The week before he was born, I knitted the one skein hooded baby sweater for our friends in Germany who had a baby girl in June. I really hate point-and-shoot cameras. The concept of fill flash does not exist on these devices. The only flash option these things have leave the subjects in the pictures looking like they were in the vicinity of a nuclear blast. Ahem, pardon my digression.


 The day before I went into labor, I had blocked the sweater and started on these folded booties to go with it. The aunt of the little girl lives here and is also a friend of ours. I managed to add all the embellishments in time to pass the set off to her yesterday to deliver when she goes to visit next week. Hopefully, they will send me a nice picture of her wearing the sweater and/or the booties.

As with all the kid things I make, Vova wants me to make some for him in adult size.