I had a miscarriage the year before I was pregnant with Mikey. I was very upset about it and when I did find myself pregnant again, I was extremely stressed out the first four months -- and longer, if I am truthful.
I love being pregnant. Really. I feel like I fit into my skin.
So being afraid was a new thing to me.
And so I made hats.
My cousin had recently had a baby and BOTH of my sister's in law were pregnant too! In fact, one of them had a due date 8 weeks before mine and the other one 8 weeks after ~
{You can read all about the journey my brother's family traveled, in the
beautiful blog that Cyndi made
and even turned into a scrapbook at Our Young Shoot Chloe }
As you can see, I made mostly girl hats. I did make a couple for my nephew Zeppelin, but I forgot to take pictures of them. {g}
I am really not very good at making a certain size. I sort of just guess. There is a way to do it, with yarn weight and hook number, but do I take the time to figure it out? Nope. I just start crocheting. So I figure that most of them never fit any of them. I did make my cousin a blanket -- well, a blanket and an odd size 'lovey' (a 'lovey' because it sooo didn't turn out how I expected)
I did make Mikey a blanket and hat (that fit him!) that he wore ALL the time until I couldn't roll it up anymore.
He is saying 'touchdown" in his sleep here ~
I made another for my cousin's older daughter (modeled by Kelly)
and one for Mikeythat he never keeps on his head
and another one for Chloe when she came home -- because none of the others I made fit!
Haha
(yes, I DO know how cute she is!!!)
So go figure that I am making a hat now.
For Paige. For her trip. To Olympic Park. For a WEEK.
(am I starting to stress?)
I am not finished with it. I am making a goofy looking 'flower' for the top.
Paige has always been a hat girl She wears the ones I made that started out as baby hats and ended up fitting her -- all the time.
(at home)
She picked out the yarn.
The colors are pretty.
It's soft and warm.
At least it fits.
