Twins

Sarah

First, a quick reminder: enter the Bella Blogiversary Contest! Details are here, and you can check out the cute entry from Carol of Knitting Knot here. (That cat looks so stoked, it cracks me up.)

So, last time I posted, I had just finished knitting one of my Death by Socks socks. It was hard on my fingers (and hands, and shoulders) but I completed the pair and got them sent off to my victim on Thursday, so I'm quite happy about that. For all I know, I'll receive the socks of my doom on Tuesday (in case you forgot, Monday is M.L.K. Day, a postal holiday) but I'm just happy I managed to complete a pair before being knocked out of the game. Any accomplishments beyond that will be icing on the cake, really.

After finishing those socks, my knitting suddenly felt so...free. All of my other needles seemed ridiculously large after handling size 1's exclusively for so many hours over the course of two-and-a-half days. I even finished my Minimalist Cardigan, and am working on the seaming! Bet you thought I'd forgotten that one, huh? I've been pretty good with my yarn diet (buying a new skein for the Death by Socks competition doesn't count, right?) of only buying one new skein after knitting three from my stash. In anticipation of a visit to one of my favorite LYS next Friday (yeah, avoiding the LYSes definitely has helped the diet), I've been happily knitting away at hats for Jason and Measure. I love how hats provide such near-instant knitterly gratification.

Since the Death by Socks socks were my first "real" (fine-gauge) socks in a while, I've been feeling the urge to cast on for another pair. Maybe do a little sock designing. Who knows? So of course I was excited to see my Seasons Yarn Club shipment from Sundara on my porch this afternoon. I opened it up, wondering what fabulous color the little box contained. Funnily enough, "Burnt Cranberry" was almost an exact match for another Sundara sock yarn in my stash, "Heirloom Tomato." The former is in the foreground of the photo, the latter is the one wound into a cake. In person, there's slightly more difference; the "Burnt Cranberry" has an ever-so-slightly orange-ish cast to it, but still, really close. They're definitely fraternal twins.

Speaking of which, I found out recently that a friend of mine is pregnant with fraternal twins. Any suggestions on what I should knit for them? She doesn't know the gender(s?) yet, but I can at least have some pattern ideas queued up and ready for when she finds out.

Comments

[Carol]

Both of those Sundara yarns look absolutely gorgeous! As for twin gifts...stuffed toys? In coordinating coloours? Or maybe a blankie for each that they could drag around (eventually) like Linus?

[Diane]

For the fraternal twins: How about a the same hat/cardigan sweater set knit in checks and stripes of the same colors BUT sequence the colors differently. They will be the same, but not identical! (like the "quad socks" in The Knitting Way book).

LoveDiane

[Ava]

As the mom of fraternal twins, nothing even remotely the same is very nice and much appreciated. Trust me, it will be many months before your friend goes through all of her slightly matching outfits. She'll treasure your gift of non-related outfits all that much more. When the girls were little, I would cringe when putting them in the same or similar outfits. They had their own personalities as infants and I wanted them to be seen as such. Why not a simple raglan cardigan and a hat for one and a hooded sweater for the other in different colors?

Love the Sundara yarns. I've never used their product before, but it seems as if they have nailed the reds . . . a challenge for any yarn.

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

Blankies. I'm big on blankies, since my ten-year old still loves the blankie I made when I was pregnant with him, and insists I repair any damage immediately. He's my wild, sloppy, careless child, so his special attention to that blankie is very unusual, and touching.

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

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[Teyani]

I just love Sundara yarns... so if you decide that for some reason you need to part with one of those luscious deep red beauties, well, you know my number (grins huge)

I'd knit baby hats. there is a cute one that someone I know makes that has a viking theme (geee... guess who that could be - laughter here) or you could also check out the sweet little bunny ear ones in Itty bitty knits. fast and easy.
have a safe trip to Stitches if I don't chat with you before then.

[Petra]

I would suggest baby blankets also. That sure is a gift, that will keep for months even years (once they outgrow the blankies they can use it for their dolls/stuffed animals to wrap up). You could even start knitting right away with unisex colors like mint or yellow if your friend likes those and embroider the first initial for the final touch.