Giggle Giggle Knit
My daughter’s teacher is expecting, and I want to knit her something. I turn to you for your thoughts.
As a rule, I don’t like to knit tiny little baby things, because my baby was born at 9lbs+ and let me tell you, she grew out of her clothes quick. The smallest I’ll generally make is a six month size. But I had an idea.
I’m thinking about making this sweater, but in a lighter blue and a size 2. I’ve got lots of blue CottonEase hoarded during the Great CottonEase Drought of ’05. I might even have enough blue Aurora 8 if I check my stash again.
The difference is that I’m thinking about duplicate stitching or appliqueing a pencil into its mouth and giving it along with the book Giggle Giggle Quack by Doreen Cronin. I think an older toddler might enjoy it, but a baby wouldn’t really get it.
So, is it too old a gift for an expectant mom? Would I be better off making something more traditional? Sometimes knitters make gifts that are more about what they would want to knit and less about what the recipient would want to receive, so I want to be sure my thoughts are clear on this.