Kid nicknames and songs

I was musing this morning on my kids' nicknames and songs.

Each child had a prenatal and baby nickname. Brendan was the Kidlet. Maggie was the Peanut, bestowed on her by selenesue on seeing an early ultrasound pic. Jamie was Thumper, after a discussion Karl and I had about his kicking. (Briefly superseded with 'Godot' when he was two weeks late and counting - "It's like Beckett with vomiting!) Alanna was the Little Larva - which we since realized was the only prenatal nickname that didn't work after birth. She has become the Adoragirl since then.

The youngest three all have had songs - started when I was trying to change a fussy Maggie baby in the back of the van in an underground parking garage after eating with her at an IHOP. Maggie's song is TTTO the chorus bit, 'Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah". Jamie's song, and the Jamie Diaper song, are TTTO Frere Jacque.

Alanna's first song I couldn't think where the tune came from, and had to call up bkseiver and ask. Apparently it's a kids' game type song, "Did you ever see a lassie". I'm not familiar with the game at all, but apparently my subconscious knew the tune. I realized a while back that Alanna's was the only song that didn't use the child's middle name as well as first name, so did another for her TTTO "You Are My Sunshine". When I mentioned to fordprfct that I was looking for a tune for both names, he came up with one to the Rubber Ducky song.
( Kid name song lyrics, since I suck at keeping baby books and my LJ is sorta it )

Bother it

Okay, I set the sock aside so as to have mindless stockinette knitting available for evening stuff, so as not to have knitting then that would stop me from carrying on conversations with my darling selenite.

I was going to start the Christmas stocking for Alanna. But on reflection, I think maybe I want to buy more yarn. The kit I got has a lovely pattern, well written, a big beautiful color chart - very much the way a kit should be done. BUT - the yarn is rather coarse and rough, and has a fusty lanoliny smell to it. It's not like she's going to WEAR it. But... I do want to enjoy the process of knitting it. So I'm thinking of buying Shine Swish superwash yarn from Knitpicks in the appropriate colors. (Yes, I wrote Shine originally, I meant Swish, the 100% wool, my bad.)

And then I was going to think about doing the Ted baby hoody outfit pattern I got. It is SO cute. But the pattern is awful. ( So I wrote a letter of frustration to the designer )

My knitting day is SHOT. Bother.

On the good side, I thought my size 8 DPNs were lost, but I found them.

Why I need Ravelry

So I was postponing work on the sock until post-kid-bedtime video watching with selenite. The Ted pattern is awful. The Christmas stocking I'm debating buying different yarn for.

So I went and got out the bag with the Celtic Braids cardigan in it. It had been on hold for the button band, when the first set of buttons was too small and I sent them back and changed for the larger size. Then, well, I got pregnant, and that's not a great time to be trying to fit a button band on a cardigan. But hey, now I could work on it, just in time for this fall!

Got it out, looked it over, started looking at the pattern. Had a horrible moment - okay, I know I made the short version, not the long version with vents (because the kit was given to me, and the amount of yarn was enough for the short version). But which size was I working on, 4 or 5?

I started hunting through my old LJ entries. I finally found this one. Okay, says which size needles I used - which is good, since I was remembering wrong. Doesn't say what SIZE! Aha - I'm not sure the crochet cast on was ideal for what is basically a K3P1 base, it may roll a bit, but I was damned if I'd do long-tail cast on for 292 stitches. - the cast on number, that will tell me size.

See, this is why I need Ravelry. I'll just keep all my project details there, and I can find them when I need them. Going back through all the LJ entries tagged knitting can take a LONG time.

I checked again - there are 547 people ahead of me... getting close.

Ravelry jealousy

Okay, I'm totally jealous - Franklin got HIS Ravelry invite!

Well, hopefully it won't be much longer.

Also, I love his alternate Debbie Bliss title - Fancy-Ass Knits for Spoiled Rotten Babies