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Halfway done with the sweater AND the baby

Posted on 09/10/2008 by Andrea | Comments (0)
Filed under : Babies!, Knitting

Here's my Sideways Sockyarn Baby Sweater, halfway finished! The baby is about at the halfway point too.

, originally uploaded by AMK.

The other day, I'd just gotten to the part of the pattern that says, "For boys, work the button hole row as detailed below. For girls, the button holes will go on the right side", but I didn't know if I was having a boy or a girl. Well, after an ultrasound yesterday, now I know! The buttonhole goes on the right side....

We're having a GIRL!

The astute among you might notice this baby sweater looks a bit different than it did when I first posted it. I blame it on pregnancy brain, but I got my stitch counts all wrong somehow (still don't know how) so I ended up pulling the entire thing out and starting over with the yarn I dyed a couple of weeks ago.

I'm loving pregnancy right now. Getting used to the idea that we're having a girl... feeling physically good... feeling her kicking like crazy in there. Once I'm done with this sweater, I have lots of ideas for more baby knits. I have patterns ready for a few more gender-neutral sweaters. Now that I know we're having a girl, here are a couple of more girly possibilities that I love:

- Peapod Baby Set (boo hoo... I love this pattern but it looks like Interweave Knits no longer has it available online. I hope they post it on Knitting Daily someday...)
- Helena (from Knitty)

And someday when the Muppet is bigger, I'd love to knit Reid for her.