All of my friends are having babies right now...ok maybe not all but a lot, and my problem is that I'm having a hard time getting up the courage and fortitude to knit baby things (the pressure of Christmas doesn't help either). I want to do good things for these struggling new parents but I have qualms about making precious woolly goods for the crinkly infants. The infants aren't really going to appreciate the goodness that they have and the parents might worry that the wool will disturb the soft skin of their sweet munchkins, or worse, cause an allergic reaction. Plus, they'll grow out of it in about two weeks and all my hard work will be for nothing.
Am I selfish? Probably. Maybe I just have a healthy sense of the worth of my time; I don't want to waste it on those who don't know what they've got. Sometimes I feel like I'm being ungenerous by not making cutesy baby things for my favorite moms and pops to wiggle onto their adorable progeny but then I think about the pile of unwashed laundry and my sweet husband who keeps asking me for a simple hat to keep his noggin warm in the cold weather and I say too bad. Another crafty auntie or gramma will easily take my place and those gifts will mean even more because they're from family.
Maybe after Christmas I'll make some awesome babywear, because after all it is really fast and easy and there are some really cute patterns out there. Hmmm...
No comments:
Post a Comment