January 25, 2013

Not Really That Random

1. Yarn done.

2. Sweater nearly done.

3. Not really.

4. The baby getting the sweater.

5. Why he is getting a sweater.

6. Any little that likes all my jokes can have anything they want.

7. Don't tell that to my kids.

Posted by Stephanie at January 25, 2013 11:35 AM
Comments

If I had a beautiful baby like that in my life, I would also knit them whatever they wanted. :)

Posted by: Sophie at January 25, 2013 11:55 AM

What an adorable baby!! Truly knitworthy.

Posted by: Amy at January 25, 2013 12:01 PM

Great yarn, great happy baby! Are you going to dye the yarn / sweater, or keep it natural?

Posted by: Kathryn at January 25, 2013 12:02 PM

Adorable! Everything in this post is adorable and makes me happy. Thank you for posting, Stephanie.

Posted by: Rosane at January 25, 2013 12:12 PM

Steph!!!! You are the most proud Auntie in Canada!! :) I believe I'm the most proud in the US, so I can recognize one in another country. :)
Lou is ADORABLE - my niece and he should totally have a get together... lol
Keep up the great work -that squishy wool looks like it just wants to jump right onto his little tummy.

Posted by: Christienne at January 25, 2013 12:13 PM

Wonderful pictures! Knitting for babies is great, they just keep on growing and needing another great sweater or vest or socks...

Posted by: Zenitude at January 25, 2013 12:20 PM

wow lucky you! thanks for giving us something to smile over. our nine month old Clara Rose just learned to play giggle tag and to merrily throw down her toy and without moving her lips says uh oh! babies are just what this world needs. Glad you have one to play with. He is very adorable.

Posted by: Linda in Oregon at January 25, 2013 12:22 PM

Yes, he most certainly deserves a handspun, handknit sweater! Someday, I'll make Little Man a handspun, handknit sweater...or not. We'll see. It's not that he's undeserving but I'm a slow knitter :(

Posted by: Renee Anne at January 25, 2013 12:29 PM

Yup, Lou is darling. He totally deserves a special handspun, handknit sweater from his auntie! :)

Posted by: rc at January 25, 2013 12:30 PM

With such an irresistible smile, of course he can have anything he wants, or needs, or doesn't even know he needs or wants!
Knitting for babies is the best!!!

Posted by: Raymonde at January 25, 2013 12:36 PM

Along with the aforementioned reasons, I know *exactly* why you're so happy to spin and knit an entire sweater for Lou.

He doesn't have a 50-inch chest.

Posted by: Presbytera at January 25, 2013 12:36 PM

You Pearl & McPhee people make really cute babies. Now I'm fighting the urge to pull out some yarn & cast on for him.

Posted by: Samina at January 25, 2013 12:44 PM

I don't think your kids are little enough anymore to qualify for those requirements. Even if they are still your babies sometimes.

Posted by: Tine at January 25, 2013 12:44 PM

Look! There you are! In a picture! Well done you. And so cute, I might add.

Posted by: JolineV at January 25, 2013 12:49 PM

Are you making a yoked sweater? You have inspired me, I have a neat little baby in my life named Nathan...my nieces first born. He deserves a quick winter sweater as well.

Posted by: bonnie at January 25, 2013 12:51 PM

I feel your pain. I knit a sweater for a baby and then he smiled at me and I wanted to knit another. Luckily for me, we live in Texas, so I think I'll go the blankie direction next.

Posted by: katie metzroth at January 25, 2013 12:56 PM

That is one seriously cute kid!!!

Posted by: pow at January 25, 2013 1:02 PM

Hi Stephanie, you should check out the Miracle Sweater by Nicole Montgomery on Ravelry. It is my favourite project that I have made to date, I am ShelbyWoo on Ravelry. I made that sweater for my nephew as a test knit for Nicole and it turned out to be the most beautiful tweed like fabric. I feel like we have very similar taste in patterns and just wanted to share my favourite with you. Thank you for sharing your pattern finds with us!

Posted by: Kelly at January 25, 2013 1:02 PM

He is getting so big! Beautiful Baby!

Posted by: Robin at January 25, 2013 1:07 PM

I'd knit that baby a sweater too (or anything else)! So cute!

Posted by: Brenda at January 25, 2013 1:14 PM

BABY! So cute and adorable! Yeah, he deserves the sweater. :D

Posted by: Joey B. at January 25, 2013 1:20 PM

Baby is so cute, but you are glowing. Here, only a couple of days after your absent mom post, is the perfect example, as were the photos of you on your bike odyssey, of how gorgeous you are, how we never see the beauty, inner and outer, that others see in us, and how we are our own harshest judge.

Posted by: Renee at January 25, 2013 1:39 PM

Love his smile and high 5 salute!...certainly fun to knit for!

Posted by: lizykat at January 25, 2013 1:46 PM

Steph, I thought I'd let you know, you look wonderful in that photo of you with the baby. Thank you so much for writing this blog. You make me feel quite normal for having two tubs of yarn under my college dorm bed. :)

Posted by: Gardiner at January 25, 2013 1:47 PM

He is so very cute and deserves whatever you want to knit for him. Lucky baby and equally luky auntie. :)

Posted by: Judy Chun at January 25, 2013 1:55 PM

He is a cute cookie ... and I love his check shirt and I know he will adore the sweater, and may I tell him a joke now please? There's almost nothing nicer than a baby that giggles with you.
xxx

Posted by: cookknitwine at January 25, 2013 1:55 PM

He makes my womb hurt, ya so what if its 55 years old.

Posted by: Jennifer at January 25, 2013 1:59 PM

And good for you, you're in the picture! I'm sure one day he will treasure this.

Posted by: Diane at January 25, 2013 2:01 PM

Anything as cute as him is worth knitting for.

Posted by: Kels at January 25, 2013 2:02 PM

LOVE
- the baby, the sweater in progress, the yarn.
- the SMILES!!!
Awesome!

Posted by: Ruth in Seattle at January 25, 2013 2:07 PM

You and he just put a big smile on my face just through words and photos--I can only imagine in person! The baby giggles and smiles and coos and love. Absolutely, re the knitting.

Posted by: AlisonH at January 25, 2013 2:15 PM

Awwwwwwww
Yarn, sweater-in-progress and, most of all, baby.
(Pretty cute auntie, too.)

Posted by: GeniaKnitz at January 25, 2013 2:32 PM

Super cute. I love his chubby smiling face!

Posted by: Seanna Lea at January 25, 2013 2:52 PM

Lovely baby. Lovely sweater. Lovely yarn. And obviously, a lovely auntie, too. :-D

Posted by: SingingSanja at January 25, 2013 2:55 PM

There you go again! and this time your face is represented on your blog as well. Yay you!

Posted by: Suzanne at January 25, 2013 3:01 PM

He is so precious! It must be difficult to stop yourself from taking him home with you. :)

Posted by: Jennifer at January 25, 2013 3:20 PM

Without your even having to eat his foot. (Hope he held out for the fish face, though. I happen to be partial to the fish face.)

Posted by: rams at January 25, 2013 3:22 PM

Whaat a little cutie he is. Totally knitworthy.

Posted by: Lynne in MI at January 25, 2013 3:34 PM

Loving the sweater progress. And Lou. My gosh. I'd willingly give him anything he wanted too. It's probably a good thing I don't have children. I lack the ability to say no.

Posted by: Michelle at January 25, 2013 3:46 PM

Lovely handspun!

Posted by: peony67 at January 25, 2013 5:16 PM

How cute is he!

Posted by: Julie at January 25, 2013 6:56 PM

Make it big! That sweet little guy is growing fast!

Posted by: SarahSeattle at January 25, 2013 8:07 PM

What a sweetie, he will look extra cute in his new sweater.

Posted by: Louise at January 25, 2013 8:25 PM

Oh! That little hand!

You can't fool us, Stephanie--you are a true babyholic. Look at that grin on you both! And who wouldn't be, with that cutie-pie around?

Posted by: Amy S. at January 25, 2013 8:51 PM

awwwww.... that made me smile. Great spinning! It's wonderful yarn and I'm sure the sweater will be equally wonderful. What a great baby!

Posted by: Rebecca at January 25, 2013 10:37 PM

Lou needs to practice his Vulcan salute a bit more so he has it down perfect by the time he learns how to say "Live long and prosper"!

Of course, that big, cheerful grin is not proper Vulcan form. . .but I think Lou can be excused on that point.

Posted by: Anonymous, too at January 25, 2013 10:37 PM

Look at that cute little baby! Look at those cute little sleeves! they just go together.

Posted by: annie at January 26, 2013 5:28 AM

I enjoy these moncler gloves him or her very much I must get hold of a further partners.

Posted by: moncler jackets at January 26, 2013 9:17 AM

That yarn is just fabulous. You are really really making me succumb to the need to learn to spin

Posted by: Karen Whooley at January 26, 2013 11:59 AM

So could we have more pictures of you too?

Posted by: Betty from Texas at January 26, 2013 1:04 PM

You are definitely going into Granny-mode!!!!

Posted by: marilynr at January 26, 2013 1:22 PM

Steph, I have a Grandson that is 28. I started knitting sweaters for him at the age Lou is and am still doing it. I make him a new one every year. Such a warm loving feeling.
So love keeps flowing.

Posted by: Pat Dixon at January 26, 2013 1:42 PM

What an absolutely adorable little fellow, no wonder you are flirting with him and feel compelled to knit the perfect sweater!

Posted by: Ingrid at January 26, 2013 2:38 PM

What a juicy nugget he is! I'm proud to see that you're in the photo with him, too! Good job. Before we blink he'll be a teeny-bopper.

Posted by: Lisa H. at January 26, 2013 3:55 PM

Such a cute baby! He deserves a sweater every year!

Posted by: Bonnie at January 26, 2013 4:25 PM

Love that yarn - and I can see why Lou gets sweaters!

A belated "Happy Blogiversary"! I have enjoyed your blog over the years and you have been responsible several - shall we say - "consumer excursions" on my part!
minm

Posted by: margieinmaryland at January 26, 2013 6:26 PM

What a cutie....the baby, too!

Posted by: Eva at January 26, 2013 11:47 PM

What an adorable little boy!

Posted by: Wendy at January 27, 2013 9:35 AM

That looks like a whole lot of babyhogging, going on there. You didn't have to share? Kiss, kiss, kiss that little cute face and neck and little toesies. They are the best.

Posted by: zoogardener at January 27, 2013 9:38 AM

Your kids aren't 'little' - and how EXACTLY did he tell you he wanted a sweater?

Posted by: Iris at January 28, 2013 7:26 AM

That is a fabulous pic of you with Lou. Print it and put on the wall. Now.

Happy blogiversary, Steph! May you have many interesting days ahead (and I mean the good ones, not the "Well **that** was an interesting adventure" days.

Posted by: Duffy at January 28, 2013 12:39 PM

It's a gorgeous sweater and a most deserving nephew who will be snuggly warm this winter.

Posted by: Carie at January 28, 2013 3:10 PM

Ohhh how you've made me miss my own smalls!!! I'm currently being punished by their parents and I'm not allowed to see them because I ticked off their dad a few weeks ago. *sigh* Babies should never be used to promote drama.

Lou's a lucky little guy :)

Posted by: Lynne at January 29, 2013 9:29 PM

Babies are the best thing in the world! I'm making a blanket for my friend Steph who is having her first baby. As a mom I can tell you how thrilled I was to receive hand knit or hand crocheted baby gifts, and that I kept them (but did not keep the store bought stuff) after my kids outgrew them. My nephew borrowed them and, who knows, one day they may have kids.

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