Now that I finally have enough to look like something, here the beginnings of a February sweater for the new baby.
I’m a few rows away from the arm/chest split, which should speed things up a bit. Lace on sock yarn just isn’t speedy, especially when I seem to knit at most a third of a row in any one sitting. 🙂 Love the yarn and the color, and can’t wait to be a bit further along. I’ve knit two of these as gifts, it’s so much fun to be knitting one for our little girl.
Month: June 2012
Bonnet
I finally found ribbon and threaded it through to make ties, completing this simple, cute little bonnet.
The sizing is way off – what was supposed to be a newborn size turned into more of a two year old size. (Still haven’t re-measured to determine if the pattern or my gauge is at fault.) So we’ll just lay this one away for a few seasons. Makes me thing of the Elizabeth Zimmerman maxim for such situations: babies grow. I’m still happy with it, even if it’s way too big. Soft and old-fashioned and simple.
Baby names
In honor of being 36 weeks pregnant today, a little name game fun. Here are some of the top sites that we’ve been using recently:
everyonehasaname.com
Total popularity over large stretches of time (1880s til now) – good for filtering out some of trendy new things, and good sorting by beginning and ending sounds. I’ve been convinced there was some great name out there (in an “on the tip of my tongue” sort of way) that started with M and ended with an “ie” sound. This site finally put that to rest.
namenerds.com
I love this chart. It groups names by sounds/spellings and then ranks them. Given that two of our top wants are that people will know how to say it and how to spell it (and there are SO many creative spellings of girl names. It’s ridiculous.), this chart was exactly what I needed.
nymbler.com
You put in names you like, it suggests more to consider.
babynamewizard.com
This was my favorite site when we were naming Henry, and it’s still incredibly helpful. Apparently I have a strong affinity for names that are most popular in Montana and Minnesota. Huh.