#my mentor’s pregnant. i’m making the 6 month size in case the baby is chonky’ and my grandma pipes up like ‘good idea’ lol | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fingertipsmp3 · 2 years ago

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Thinking about how my granddad damn near went through the five stages of grief the first time he saw me knitting baby clothes, but now his gut reaction is to be like ‘so which of your friends is expecting’ lol

#when i was 20 i made a lot of hats for premature babies because the hospital was asking for them #and i guess my granddad saw this plus my change in behaviour (i was extremely depressed at this time) and was like ‘oh no’ lmao #i still remember him bringing this man in to fix the gas fire and seeing me and being like ‘what are you making?’ and i was like ‘baby hat’#and this man stops dead and is like ‘why?’ and the gas man just had to stand there like 🧍🏻#anyway my granddad knows better now. he knows i’m a borderline reclusive spinster. i’m my generation’s emily dickinson #without the poetic talent and probably significantly taller #so he sees me making a baby cardigan and is like ‘is this for [my goddaughter]?’ and i’m like ‘nah it’s too small for her.#my mentor’s pregnant. i’m making the 6 month size in case the baby is chonky’ and my grandma pipes up like ‘good idea’ lol #this is approximately the fifth baby i’ve made stuff for; not counting the babies in the hospital. i love making baby clothes tbh #obviously i don’t love it enough to have children of my own.. i’m never doing That. i just like soft baby yarns and quick projects #and experimenting with structure and shaping. i learned how to make socks by making them for babies first. ditto cardigans #it just makes sense. if something is confounding you; scale it down and try again. that’s my wisdom for the day #personal

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