Still I push on…
Sadly, this is my first post of the year. I have been commiting “knitdultery” I have briefly had my obsessive whim hijacked by… strollers. Now, since a stash of strollers takes up alot more room and is absurdly more costly than knitting and “that” ever growing stash, I’ve decided to “stop the strollers!”

Just so I feel like I’ve accomplished something, I must recount my adventures in Strollerland, (literally). I have, as you know, a second child due in May. So this began the quest for the “perfect double stroller”. I refuse to make another new mom mistake and spend way too much for what turns out to be something I hate. So after what seems like weeks, perhaps even months of research, I settled on this beauty. Valco. I called, ordered, but somehow the “bug” remained. Then I started thinking about my current strollers… how can I make them better?

I have since found a wondeful invention for Canadian winter “stollerers”. A Beber stroller duvet, heaven I tell ya! A Martinelli bassinet for my classic Peg Perego and perhaps a Board to attach to it. And I can’t leave anybody out so, an organiser for my Maclaren Quest. And all of this has been fueled by the lovely women (and men) at the Yahoo Stroller Swap Board. They are so good at coming up with ways to encourage, excuse and facilitate the purchase of many, many wonderful strollers (and accessories). So now I think I’m done… I have to be. There is simply no more room. Atlthough I could be convinced rather easily to part with my Graco Quattro Tour, I’d have to replace it of course.

Although strollers could potentially have a huge yarn storage capacity???

This leads me to accessories, diaper bags being the most important. Each stroller needs a matching one capable of handling all the gear that is required for the type of outings that they were specifically, thoughtfully, chosen to accomadate. Of course I already have a few, only one of which fits the aforementioned criteria. Rather than spend more yarn dollars on baby bags. I have decided to design and fabricate all of the necessary carrying accessories. A daunting task but one that will probably lead to another obsessive whim. I imagine seas of beautiful bright fabrics…which ones to chose? I will, of course knit some of the time.

*Edited to add that I received my lovely Valco and it is wonderful but huge, so now it must go, and I have to say I’m really getting sick of strollers…It was great well it lasted, but see ya.