some babies have all the luck

A friend of mine is having a baby, so two other friends of mine and I set out to knit the baby an outfit. We didn't give ourselves much time. But, we did it, with perseverance and a plan. I did the arms on this little sweater and my friend Kristin did the rest of it. I know, it is very risky business to have two people working on the same knitted garment. Our gauges are a little different (I am a loose knitter), but I don't think it shows much. The pattern came from an Australian-published book, and it's funny you wouldn't think that knitting instruction would be very different between two English-speaking countries. Well, they weren't that different, just different enough to be confusing. Like, they say "increase at each end", which 2 out of 3 US knitters take to mean "increase at the end of the row" but which really means "increase at the end and the beginning of the row". I never thought I'd say it, but thank goodness it had a chart.

My other friend Ellen made the little denim pants from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, and they turned out so cute it will kill you. If only I had a photo.

I am now a member of the tendonitis club. I was worried that this little sweater was what did it to me, and that I would have to give up knitting and mousing and other essentials. But no, it was that gosh-darn eliptical machine. See what you get for starting a fitness routine? If I rest it, it should go away and they I can take up the needles again. Thank goodness.