Sunday 18 January 2009

Vaccines and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

I'm not going to get into whether vaccines have the potential to cause Autistic Spectrum Disorders, because such discussions raise my blood pressure, which is bad.

I am going to make this declaration though. Unvaccinated children can have Autistic Spectrum Disorders, too. How'd I know? Well, my mother was anti-vaccination. Yet she ended up with a daughter with an ASD. How about that?

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Daisy, how I love you so

This is it so far. I'm knitting the hood now.

Sunday 11 January 2009

Knitting my first article of baby clothing

Over ten years ago, (if you're trying to do the maths, that means age 11 or 12) I taught myself to knit, so that when I was older, I would be able to make clothes for any babies I might have when I grew up. (Yes, I have grown up, thank you for asking.)

As you might have guessed from the title, that early ambition is now being fulfilled. I'm making Stephanie Pearl McPhee's Daisy, a lovely cardigan. I'm making it in Wendy Supreme Luxury Cotton DK, shade 1847: Desert.

You can see the colour here.