Favorite Things Monday: My mini-Martha
May 7, 2007
The couple directly across the street from us their first baby last Tuesday. We don’t know them well, but initial indications say that they’re nice. The Dad said his garage is always open and that we should help ourselves to any tools that we don’t already own. He owns a gardening company and offered to haul our yard waste away. Yeah. Seriously nice people.
So I knit a hat. And instead of knitting something that I would like, I knit something that they would like. Whoah. People - this is a big development. I would never knit a picot edge. I would never knit a flare. I would absolutely never knit in shocking pink. But they’re fairly traditional people, so I knit something pink and frilly. Caah-razy.
Details: Lion Brand Cotton Ease (leftovers from knitting the Womb)
Pattern: My own
Needles: KnitPicks Circs size 4 (I think)
Started: May 3rd
Finished: May 4th
(decreases stretched out by Little Man’s Ted Kennedy head)
Then Wifey put together an amazing basket with a stuffed dog, yellow tulips, artisan bread (wrapped in muslin and tied with a pink bow), hummus, grapes, a block of cheese, and some other stuff in the bottom of the basket:
I know. She’s good, isn’t she?
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Beth S. | May 7, 2007 at 2:47 pm
She IS good! Wow! Has she considered a career change?…
Of course, the hat’s pretty awesome too. The decreases are purty!
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Sparkles | May 7, 2007 at 2:56 pm
That IS great!!! And the hat is gorgeous…
Can I have neighbors just like you???
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joy | May 7, 2007 at 3:08 pm
very lucky neighbors - and i do love the hat!
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pamela wynne | May 7, 2007 at 3:33 pm
oh, wow. I want to be your neighbor!!
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Rhonda the Stitchingnut | May 7, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I would say you and Wifey are both pretty nice. And to be so radical as to knit a hat is hot pink … well there’s gotta be a nice streak in you to do that! I love pink. Nice to have & be good neighbors.
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Kathode Ray Tube | May 7, 2007 at 3:47 pm
There’s nothing like a good neighbor! Lovely basket and hat. Missed you at knitting last week — I actually showed up, for a change!
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Ashley | May 7, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Cute hat–and awesome basket! They’ll be syched for the food now, and in like 4 days they’ll be like, awwwww, hat!
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roro | May 7, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Wow. You guys are such sweet and thoughtful neighbours! The hat is so cute. I’m generally wary of “traditional” knitting too, but if it’ll please the parents AND net you access to a table saw - score!
Just kidding - I know you probably already have a table saw.
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Mel | May 7, 2007 at 9:25 pm
And the good cheese, too! Wanna come be my neighbor for a while?
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nina beana | May 8, 2007 at 9:29 am
holy crap! this makes ME want to have another baby, just so you can spoil me again. swwoooooooon.
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nina beana | May 8, 2007 at 9:30 am
i’m pregnant!
(just kidding.)
12.
Jill | May 8, 2007 at 10:22 am
Oh Gawd, I want to be your neighbor! You did good, both of you.
13.
Ruth | May 8, 2007 at 10:07 pm
She’s great. They’re going to love it (and all of you).
14.
PatchesMom1973 | May 11, 2007 at 12:51 pm
my world is pretty crazy at the moment, so I haven’t been able to get to SnB. What a nice hat & basket. Jeez!
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Suzanne | June 3, 2007 at 8:21 am
How did I miss this until now? What a beautiful collaboration!