I have always been a knitter, for the past nine years or so, preferring to keep my hands busy during idle moments. It is rare that you will see me sitting for more than a moment or two before I pick up my sticks and string. Truth be told, I get a little antsy when I am just sitting. Not always antsy enough that I want to get up and do something, but enough to make me want to busy my hands.

While pregnant with Ewan, my life slowed down a lot, I found myself doing a lot more sitting and, therefore, a lot more knitting. My mind was often tired, so I never managed to work on anything too complex, but my needles did keep working. Over the nine months I managed to create a great number of scarves, which have mostly been gifted, hats, and a few little things for the babe.

Not knowing whether my bump was going to be a boy or a girl, I tended to work with yarn that I happened to have sitting around. Some of which was yarn that I spun. I figured that I could knit it up and if need be, give the item away if it turned out not to suit the little one once it arrived.

This sweater is one of the things that I made with handspun yarn while waiting for our little one to arrive.

Especially with the Hello Kitty buttons, this sweater is not going to work for our little boy. So, now I am just waiting, patiently, for someone to produce a girl that I can gift it to. Unless, of course, we decide to hold onto it for a future sibling….

So, the one and only sweater that I managed to make during my pregnancy was no good. Luckily Ewan was gifted with one.

This is one that my Mom, Sue, made for Ewan. I was shocked that it was the same style that I had chosen to make, but in a much more appropriate color palette.

And, Ewan definitely likes it!