Maximilien can sit up now. It is a new development that literally happened over night. I can not believe how fast he is growing up. Chatting with another mama friend online today, we were marveling at how fast our boys were hitting their milestones lately and at the same moment we both typed: :( because it's just happening too fast. Our little boys are becoming big boys.
Max is sporting a bottom up raglan with a placket-neck that I knit for him in just three days. Three days! That's insanely fast for me. But I have to knit fast now if I want Max to wear something I make for him more than once. He's got some time with this sweater. I knit the 1-2 year old size. Standing up he looks like he's wearing a mini dress.
Finishing this sweater was so fulfilling. I admired it as I laid it out to block and I was filled with this unexplainable feeling of love. I made something for my son. It made me think of my mother right away. She was such the fiber artist. She made us all kinds of amazing things for us: Dresses for school dances, graduation dresses, bridesmaid dresses, curtains for our bedrooms, hand knit sweaters, scarves (or mufflers as Omma always said) to keep us warm, booties, gloves, hats, a tube top (from seeing a picture in a JCrew catalog!) a wedding quilt, afghans, and the list goes on.... I was so lucky to have all those wonderful things growing up and I am so proud that I can do the same for Max. It will be a way to leave my legacy for him long after I'm gone just as my mother has done for me.
In the background is the quilt she made Julien and I for our wedding. This is a sweater that my mother knit for me after I showed her a photo in an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog of a sweater with long flared sleeves.
This is my favorite sweater and the last one she ever made me.
I love this sweater (jumper!). Beautiful way of passing on the love and keeping the memories alive.
Posted by: Katia | August 20, 2007 at 16:14
lovely stitch definition of your son's cardigan. Actually, I notice that your stitches and your mother's look quite similar! Beautiful quilt -- what a treasure to have.
Posted by: materfamilias | August 20, 2007 at 16:16
i love the shade of rusty orange you chose of max's sweater. perfect for fall!
and your mother was an amazing crafter. i am still in awe of that quilt she made you. what wonderful treasures she left you and everyone in your family. :)
Posted by: Sandra | August 20, 2007 at 16:27
very cute! i'm falling way behind in knitting for the peanut. going to work sucks!
Posted by: gleek | August 20, 2007 at 16:35
What a lovely jumper (both of them!). I have just started knitting but it will be a long time before I can knit things as lovely as you and your mother have. What special things to cherish. :)
Posted by: Penny | August 20, 2007 at 16:58
I wish I could knit. This is gorgeous...I would love one for my girlies. :)
The color is perfectly autumnal.
xoxo
Posted by: Leigh | August 20, 2007 at 21:15
your raglan with a placket-neck is simply gorgeous. love the color. and your son looks debonair in it!
Posted by: bekka | August 20, 2007 at 22:10
Damn, you made me cry. Now my mascara is all messed up.
Posted by: Antipodéesse | August 20, 2007 at 22:44
Like I said, I prefer knitting in French... despite the 3x2 blah blah...
He's such a cute little thing. 3 days to make a sweater! Wow. You must have been going non-stop!
Posted by: Jennifer | August 21, 2007 at 14:52