Wool on Sunday...

Monday and Tuesday of this week are the birthdays of DD1 and DD2 respectively. Yep they were born 3 years and 1 day apart.

And while tidying/decluttering  cupboards recently I came across some of the little knitted garments that my girls wore in the early 1980s. My mother in law knitted and crocheted a huge bundle of little garments which she brought up to Brisbane in a large suitcase. But I don't seem to have many of these left...I'm afraid it's a bit of a hotchpotch, but a hotchpotch of memories. 😊

A bonnet that was part of a set which included a matching matinee jacket and booties. 

My mother in law made 3 such sets; yellow, blue and white. ( boys dominated births in her family so most expected me to have boys...so no pink! Lol) 

Another blue cardi she made...

In the bag of baby stuff was one lonely baby bootie...no idea why I only kept one! It was crocheted by my MiL and she used cotton as we live in a subtropical climate.

The next item is also just one of a pair...and it's very special to me...

It's a crocheted mitten...and is quite large. The story behind it? When I was pregnant with DD1, I was teaching a Year 7 class. I had noticed that one of my students, Alison, would work on a crocheting project if she finished her work early. Little did I know then, that she was making baby mittens as a gift when I left to go on leave...how special. 

With such a lot of items made by my girls' Nanna, I didn't really knit much in the way of baby clothes but there are 3 items that I did make and these items were in the bag I found in the cupboard too.

A little jumper I made for DD1...

Another little top I knitted for DD2...

And a pram blanket I made before DD2 was born...the pattern was published in New Idea and used Patons Totem yarn. I made a few of these as gifts.

Linking this post with Rainbow Hare's Wool on Sunday.
I have decided to keep the 2 little jumpers for some of the teddies to wear, and the little blanket. I'm afraid the other items will be despatched...no room for being sentimental I'm afraid.  

The 'Giraffe Onesie'...

Last year while we were staying in San Francisco, DH and I took the ferry over to Sausalito. We had found this to be a delightful area when we visited in 2011 so looked forward to a return visit. 

After a leisurely lunch we strolled along looking in shop windows...

 In the window of one of the shops, I saw a cute little baby outfit. Before we had left Australia, we had found out that we were going to be grandparents...so Cha Cha Cha looked like a good place to find some baby 'stuff'. We didn't know what gender the baby would be so, despite falling in love with lots of little girl outfits, to play it safe, I ended up buying the outfit that had enticed me into the shop...giraffe onesie and 'lion socks'. 

And a few weeks ago little Anthea had 'grown' into the outfit.

But it looks like it won't be long before Anthea 'grows out of' that outfit! In the meantime she looks pretty cute in it.