for a wee one

Something like six of our friends and acquaintances have had babies in the last few weeks, including one who arrived 10 weeks earlier than expected. We visited that wee one and her mom at the hospital, at the mom's request, for a few hours of "normalcy," which in this case translates to knitting with friends and a break from the NICU, even if only to the hospital cafeteria.

One member of the knitting group through which we know this mom came up with the idea of a collaborative baby blanket. The only guideline is to knit 8" squares, so there will undoubtedly be a wide variety of yarns, colors, and styles, all blocks then sewn together and given to the baby and her family.

Leah's block is a duckie swimming in the water.

Mine is baby footprints.

And then Leah made some preemie hats that we'll also send along.
She's on a noggin-warming binge lately. More to come...