never say never

Time flies--6 weeks since the last post? In that time, I savored my last few weeks of maternity leave, returned to work, visited with the in-laws who came to care for the Sprout the first few days I returned to work, and then Sprout started daycare.

The 12-row scarf was finished and Sprout's daycare blankie impulsively started (despite my previous vow not to buy new projects until the old ones were done). The daycare blankie, done in Lion Brand's New Cotton Ease (a durable economical choice but mostly I just loved the muted brights), is 17 stripes of 16 rows of different stitch patterns. It's texture and color and love and best hopes for his good napping in daycare in every stitch. It was painful to start, thinking of him having to start his life away from me, but I felt driven to give him something handmade. I don't have an FO pic yet but will post soon.

The days fly by, and suddenly he has hair and is discovering his toes and loves his ExerSaucer: