I crocheted a sweater for a friend who is due to give birth in about 3 weeks. I made it extra large, as she is on target for a 9lb+ baby, and I wanted it to be big enough for some time. When I volunteered at the thrift store we used to get so many unworn newborn sized baby clothes as the baby had grown so fast that size didn’t fit any more when they were only 2 months old!
So I knitted the sweater below. It’s a fairly simple pattern, all in doubles (or single crochet as you say in North America) with extra long loops every 4 rows. Here you see it when I finished it on the train, you can see the person who was sitting opposite me reading their newspaper.
So I excitedly wrapped it in brown paper and posted it to her. And waited. And waited.
2 weeks later now IT HASN’T ARRIVED. I am SO ANNOYED about this. I am going to make my friend another of these sweaters, but that doesn’t replace the one the mail took. Grrrrrrrrrr.