Against all odds and expectations, friend Robyn's stepdaughter managed to hang onto her twinnies until 39 weeks and was induced today.
Ms Chloe Rose and Ms Ellie Mae arrived a couple of hours ago, fit and well and apparently quite big for twins. [ When I spoke to the proud nanna, they hadn't yet been weighed, but the expectation, as of last week's scan, was 6 pounds plus each ]
Net result being that I have had to do some emergency baby knitting this week,
as everything I had already produced was made on the premise that they would arrive early and tiny.Let's face it, it is never ever a hardship to have to do unscheduled baby knitting
and the extra cardis, hats, bootees, etc can either wait for a suitable teeny weeny or will be donated to one of the NICU units.
pattern specs:
Saartjes Booties [ a very popular freebie ] - I lengthened the straps to 20 stitches for tieing rather than buttons
Baby Cable Cap [ another freebie from Judy Gibson ] on 4.5mm needles, cast on 28 and did 7 repeats rather than 6.
Hat#2 has a 6 row cable , hat#1 is a 4 row cable as per the pattern
8 comments:
Congratulations to the new mummy and her family. Welcome Chloe and Ellie.
They were big for twins and I've never heard of anyone going quite that long - well done Robyn's step-daughter!
Just spoken to Nanna Robyn - 5 lb 15 oz and 5 lb 12 oz Chloe arrived first and then Ellie was helped out feet first.
Aww! So sweet!
Congratulations and the baby items look adorable!
Wow, 39 weeks and nearly 6 lbs is excellent for twins. I was only a 6-and-something baby myself!
My cousin's wife had triplets, made it to 34 weeks, and they were each around 4 lbs.
Oh my word, these are darling, congrats.
Very Cute! I've made those booties, they turn out so cute, I love the hat, I'm going to have to make one! Thanks for sharing.
~Lauri
http://knitsandreads.blogspot.com
Wow, those hats and booties are so darned cute. I'm going to make the hat too! Don't you just love the names,they're so girly and pretty
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