October 8th, 2011 -- Posted in knitty/stitchy, pics |
So after knitting my very first baby garment (an adorable hooded sweater), the next baby gift I wanted to make was a pair of knitted baby booties…
I know it seems a little backwards, having done a really difficult project and then moving to a more simple project like booties, but for me it was just about the order of the babies being born and just going ahead with what I wanted to make! I didn’t want to be limited or slowed down by a difficult pattern. If I see something cute, I want to be able to make it, and I’ll try to just learn whatever techniques I need to learn to do that. It’s just the way I’ve always been and so far I haven’t hit too many road blocks in accompishing anything I set my mind to. 
My first pair of booties turn out very well, although I found they didn’t go up as high as I would’ve liked. So I ended up modifying the “Small” size version of all future patterns to have higher sock sections. Since knitting that first pair of booties, I’ve now created a half dozen more pairs!
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November 9th, 2010 -- Posted in blinkies & other cuteness |
I’ve added another batch of blinkies to one of my fave blinkie styles (in the 150×20 collections): my Squiggle Blinkies. There are now so many, I’ve had to stretch the collection to a second page. The new blinkies have added colours: a light green, a darker pink (than the original light pink), and a darker blue (than the original light blue).
Most of the blinkies created were sprinkled into categories such as TTC (Hoping for a Boy and Hoping for a Girl), Baby Dust, Pregnancy**, and Twins/Triplets/Mulitples, which have more pages now added to accommodate the larger number of blinkies!
Visit this page for the complete listing of all blinkie pages (of 150×20 size blinkies).
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October 20th, 2010 -- Posted in blinkies & other cuteness |
There are tons of blinkies out there for breastfeeding moms (I’ve certainly contributed my fair share – probably a hundred or so by now!), but it’s still a little more difficult to find nursing-themed blinkies for special circumstances…
Breastfeeding alone is a challenge, so adding any other factors to your nursing routine (or an extra baby!) is an accomplishment any mom should be proud of! So I also wanted to fill the gap by producing some blinkies to show pride for the amazing accomplishment of tandem nursing – whether you are nursing your newborn and older baby, your baby and toddler, or toddler and child, it’s no easy feat!
Then, of course I had to also consider moms of multiples who are breastfeeding their twins or triplets. Moms of preemies and NICU babies are also taking on extra challenges when it comes to continuing to provide their babies with breast milk.
The Tandem Nursing Blinkies Page includes all blinkies related to nursing more than one baby, be they twins, triplets, multiples, or siblings.
I’ve also had blinkie requests for “working and pumping” breastfeeding blinkies before and I know there must be other moms out there in the same boat, so I’ve created blinkies in that area as well…
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