Comments on: Slumped http://www.threefatesfiber.net/blog/2007/02/20/slumped/ The Moirae Knit Too Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:14:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: aswego http://www.threefatesfiber.net/blog/2007/02/20/slumped/#comment-268 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:26:16 +0000 http://www.threefatesfiber.net/blog/2007/02/20/slumped/#comment-268 I'm sorry for the extra "lint" clogging your life. As for your gift ideas, they sound great. A knitted baby blanket, ideally on the bias so it's extra-good for swaddling, is always wonderful! (Gargantuan mitered square?) Washable is a must for baby knitting (Dale Baby Ull is one option), polyester a must-<i>not</i>, and it should have a relatively stable stitch pattern with small-ish holes (if any) so babies don't stick their fingers in and yank a strand all out of kilter. And although baby clothes get grown out of so quickly, Emma has a nice <a href="http://www.magknits.com/warm05/patterns/mwllayette.htm" rel="nofollow">layette</a> on MagKnits. I’m sorry for the extra “lint” clogging your life.

As for your gift ideas, they sound great. A knitted baby blanket, ideally on the bias so it’s extra-good for swaddling, is always wonderful! (Gargantuan mitered square?) Washable is a must for baby knitting (Dale Baby Ull is one option), polyester a must-not, and it should have a relatively stable stitch pattern with small-ish holes (if any) so babies don’t stick their fingers in and yank a strand all out of kilter. And although baby clothes get grown out of so quickly, Emma has a nice layette on MagKnits.

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