The Joy Of Welcoming a New Born Infant Into the World

Feeling, Newborn, Parent, ,

Newborn, miami-newborn-infant-baby-photographer-photography  This infant, just a few days old and so peacefully sleeping,  was skillfully captured by the photographer.  The mother and father are happily providing a home.  They are making many adjustments to meet this infants’ needs, including having this photograph taken.  And no doubt they are also comforting this child who cries to be fed, or changed.  Maybe the infant  just  wants his parents to hold him over a shoulder, and pat him (her) steadily, firmly, and calmly to help release a burp or to move a  bubble along in her (his) intestines.  The baby feels better, and calms down, and the parent feels wonderful in reassuring the young one that he or she is there, “willing to accept each tear” that he (she) will weep.  This is joy!  The baby’s parents are assuring him that in holding all of his present present tears, they are holding all of his future tears as well

.  This is deeply bonded joy!

The following poem from the Death section of Poems, by Regena Larrabee Seehausen (1964), gives the flip side after a still birth:

After the Baby Died

There is a comfort in the darkness now, the only thing found willing to accept each tear he might have wept.

It is a heavy vigil sorrow keeps .  My longing arms must cradle the whole night wherein he sleeps.

And my mind sifts the darkness all alone seeking that part that is my own.

Study In Red And Black Cotton Yarn Crochet

Crochet, Home, ,

DSC07520 These crocheted cotton yarn coasters are the first of my 4 inch 85% cotton coasters that I have embellished.   The embroidered vine design did not move well.  The rings of red and black on white in chain stitch look awkward.

DSC07518 The four completed coasters in red and black.

DSC07519 This simple design with chain stitch on double and single crocheted coasters,  moves well in the hands, and looks good.

“Splash” Dyed Cotton Yarn

Here are some 4 inch diameter coasters and a 9 1/2 inch trivet done in Premier Home 85%cotton, 15% polyester #4 yarn, made by Premier Home.   I like the uneven mottled effects that they give, and working with them is fun.  The stitches are all single crochet, double crochet, or treble crochet, with a size H hook.

DSC07514 Clockwise from the 11:30 o’clock  position are: Flamingo Splash, Sahara Splash, Tangerine Splash, Olive Splash, Denim Splash, Violet Splash, and Honeydew Splash.  The trivet is done in Ocean Splash.  Of their “Splashes”, I am only missing Grey Splash.

DSC07516 A Violet Splash closeup.

So many cotton blends are available on the market, I am exploring those of Premier Home, right now.  I like their bright colors, and some other aspects of their cotton blend #4 yarns.  This is a record of their “Splash” yarns.