It's the first gift that our baby has received and we can't imagine a more special one. Our friend Heather (the foram and knitting goddess), knit this sweater for Dos. It's washable wool. It's as if she anticipates we'll need to be doing lots of laundry. Hummm. In addition to being hand knit and having beautiful buttons, the purple wool was dyed with grape kool aid. How 'k'ool is that! I held the sweater up to my belly for sizing. Dos has some growing to do, but started kicking up a storm. Whether that was in approval of the wonderful stitching or the grape flavoring, only time will tell. Elena was at first trying to convince us that the sweater was actually for her. Luckily Heather anticipated such a problem and found some dutch licorish which was included to make an easy switch. Thanks so much Heather!
It isn't quite true that this is the first baby gift. I did buy a sweater for the baby in Chile. It was in honor of Dos' first trip overseas and I couldn't resist the little scene. See:
I however did not knit this in my spare time. I picked it up in a tourist shop and hid it away in my luggage. And Maurits, my good friend from Utrecht who was in the field with me (and the only one who knew about my little incubation secret - it seemed like a good idea that someone in the Atacama desert should know - brought a joint gift for Elena and the baby of wooden shoe slippers).
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Aw shucks! I'm so glad you like it! Elena will be getting a crafty item once my queue clears up a bit...
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