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A couple of years ago I changed jobs, and moved to "an independent statutory authority". I'm not sure how independent we are, the large government department I used to work for pays our salaries, services our IT and I still have access to their intranet. Despite this, I guess you could say I no longer work for them. I certainly moved off-site. The work I do relates directly to the work of my old team. A couple of weeks ago I was on the phone to Jess, a project officer from that team. It started as a work call, but soon devolved into general gossip.
"Did you know Olivia is expecting?" she asked.
I didn't but "I'll have to knit her something. She always said that she hopes I'm still around when she has a baby". 
Yes" said Jess, "But why didn't you knit me anything, when we had Tilly?" Six months ago, Jess's partner had their baby. It didn't really register high on my radar.

 Still, this long weekend I didn't really have anything to knit, do I bought some yarn and threw together a Mini-Manu. For those of you following along at home, that is two repeat Kate Davies patterns in a row.

 It came out pretty cute, although I didn't have enough yarn to knit the pockets. I only had about four grams of yarn left. And for a baby jumper, that's a lot of ends.

 I hope it's big enough for her six-month old - she did say Tilly is small, and I have no idea how big a six month old is anyway. It's a very sweet cardigan, and it was quite fun to have a mission knit over a very relaxing long weekend.


  
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  1. Jeannie Gray Knits30 September, 2019

    Cute sweater! Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to be a first time grandma soon and have added it to my Ravelry que

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    1. Sharondoubleknit30 September, 2019

      It's a goodie, as is Ysolda's wee envelope. I love baby knitting.

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