Knits lately and a grumpy baby

February 7, 2013 | Category: knitting

I finished up Piper’s little Langston cardi a couple of nights ago and I just couldn’t wait for cool weather to see how it looks. I think it’s pretty sweet, and seems to be just about the right size for her once I add in proper layers, not just her frilly-sleeved summer dress, underneath.

Miserable baby teething again. Piper has been wearing her amber, just like the older kids, since just before two months old (coincidentally just before her first tooth arrived), but this one really seems to be bugging her. She has been super clingy and having screaming melt downs all over the place these past few days, almost enough to make me think the so called terrible twos have decided to pay us an early visit. Seriously, throwing herself on the floor doing this scream-cry thing at the top of her lungs. What the what. I don’t remember any of the older kids doing this quite so early. With this week’s late nights melting into unsettled and wakeful sleeping, turning into day time where she and Zoe are both out of sorts, I think we are all tired and over it this week. I will be so glad when the weekend is finally here.

The very start of a Tiny Tea Leaves cardi for Zoe. Guess I’m in knitting for winter mode, as last night I decided I wanted to make this to use up some more stash yarn. I always start longing for cold weather and get in the mood for cold weather knitting when there is still too much summer left, and of course as soon as it gets super cold I wonder why I wished summer away so quickly!
Zoe was so excited when I said I was knitting her a cardigan too, but that excitement waned a bit when she saw the colour I was using. She wanted pink, just like Piper, and showed me the tiny ball of leftovers from Piper’s cardi I had sitting in my knitting bag she thought I should use instead. “Me not like green. It is not my favourite.” Oh well, green is what I have, so green is what she’ll get.

Also, thought I’d try linking up with another blog this time! Lots more lovely craftiness with Frontier Dreams KCCO.

xox Amanda

Tags: baby knitting, hand knitting, knitting, knitting for baby, piper, tiny tea leaves cardi

7 Comments

http://blowingraspberriess.tumblr.com/ Cory

Our lives really do mimic one another. V has been all out of sorts. She’s doesn’t like to be changed, put into her carseat, or even her high chair! This last week she has been fighting me on everything. I fear that our littles are having the terrible 2′s early : /

And on a brighter note, the cardi came out darling! You knit whit ; )
- http://littlelabyrinth.com/ Amanda Keeys
  
  How old is V now? I am hopeful that if it starts early, it will end early too haha. Wishful thinking maybe, but I am praying it is just a phase that is just company to the teething and will pass quick!
  - http://blowingraspberriess.tumblr.com/ Cory
    
    She’ll be 17 months this February. I’m wondering if she is teething again? That would explain a whole lot haha ; )
nicole (farmergopi)

Oh the teething! My almost 2 year old is STILL getting his teeth. I feel your pain <3 Your knits are stunning as are your photographs!! Not to mention the sweet little baby that tops it all!
Thank you for sharing with us on Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}
- http://littlelabyrinth.com/ Amanda Keeys
  
  It is a whole new world to me to have a baby (I suppose I have to call her a toddler now she is over one? crazy sigh) that had teeth so early. The rest didn’t get them until nearly 1 year old.
  Thanks so much for the compliments! xo
Emily Sims

Ohhhhhh mama, boo for teething woes! last week was a shocker for us! molars perhaps? amber necklace doesn’t seem to be helping; but I’m trying these suckable homeopathic sticks and I admit resorting (at least while Reu had terrible fevers) to paracetamol too. Hope it abates soon… and those knits are beautiful – I have always loved the tiny tea leaves cardi and hope one day I may have a little girl to knit it for xx
- http://littlelabyrinth.com/ Amanda Keeys
  
  Oh I’ve never tried the sticks! A girlfriend of mine used to use tablets, but I have some brauer homeopathic liquid for teething that I should give a try. I truly think sometimes paracetamol is needed; I would take it (and do) myself when I have bad pain or a headache and I’m positive getting those sharp baby teeth cutting through soft gum is painful.
  Thanks, too. Tiny tea leaves is so sweet, I may even knit the adult version for me, too!