Nesting

There was something about the ultrasound that clicked something on in me. I woke up the next morning with a to-do list all ready to go, but got tossed out the window. You see, I felt the supreme urgency that the boys’ closet (containing all of my baby things) MUST be cleaned out. As in, right now. All the itty bitty baby things, as well as girl things left over from Silje were moved into Silje’s closet. Well, you see where this is going. Silje’s closet, therefore, had to be cleaned out as well, and organized for another set of clothing. There are great shelves in the closet, and I have no intention of buying another dresser, so everything needed to be cleaned out.

All of the baby clothes were already sorted, so I have not opened up the big bags of clothes to go through and check for stains and freshly wash and fold yet. I think it’s still far to early to do that. However, today I got the desperate inclination to go through all of my baby patterns, and organize (well my patterns are already organized into a file, but I needed to narrow down the ones for this baby) and decide what to make for this baby.

I have more than enough things left over from Silje. As my firstborn, I think we got over 8 handmade blankets for her. Some we let her have, some we’ve kept for future kids. She had so so many clothes, but the thing I’m worried about is that she was born in June. This baby will (hopefully) come in December. I don’t think whispy little sundresses will cut it for the winters up here.

It was loads of fun! My favorite patterns are Debbie Bliss or Erika Knight patterns, as well as the Sidar pattern company, although they’re usually only available in England. O, the beauty of being able to order off the internet and get the cool patterns! I think if I add a few little sweaters to the wardrobe, I could make use of some of the summer dresses of Silje’s. When I was pregnant with Elias we didn’t find out if he was a boy or girl ahead of time, and I made a little girl mantinee sweater/bonnet/booties set just in case, and will have that ready too. I’ll have to show pictures of it someday. I used a pretty burgundy yarn.

You may remember I made the sort sleeve version of this sweater for Silje before, to go with a summer dress, and I thought it knit up quickly and beautifully. (Actually, looking back I don’t think I ever posted the sweater, just the dress.) Anyway, I think an infant size in the long sleeve would be easy to make.

I’ve been holding onto this pattern for awhile, although I don’t think I’d make it in white. It’s a little knit dress, kimono style. It might be nice to have a warm cozy dress on hand.

This is the pattern for the bonnet I made in the previous set mentioned for if Elias was a girl. Isn’t it darling? It knit up so nicely, and was much easier than it loos, although I haven’t gotten a ribbon on it yet. Elias surprised me a month early and after he came, it didn’t make it to the top of my list to put the finishing touches on the girl clothes after he was born. I think I might make at least one more of these. At least. However, I think I must buy one of those hats with the obnoxiously large flowers on them, though. Those are awesome.

I’m planning on doing things for my store through October, and then stopping for my “maternity leave.” I’ll pick it back up…when I feel like it. That will leave me my biggest and most uncomfortable months to just sit and knit for my own little girl while I watch the older kids. Maybe work on some Christmas presents too. I don’t think I’ll get all the things done that I hope to, but I don’t have to. Planning/dreaming is half the fun, anyway! It’s a treat to work off of these different patterns. I’m only licensed to sell from “Little Turtle Knits” patterns, and all of these patterns are “for personal use only” and often my personal sewing/knitting gets to the bottom of my list. (I didn’t even show you the sewing patterns I went through in my stash today!)

I haven’t even begun to sort through my favorite free online patterns on ravelry.com. O, this is going to be fun!