{"id":4114,"date":"2015-04-09T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2020-07-24T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T19:16:44","slug":"the-baby-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=4114","title":{"rendered":"The Baby Show &#8211; #TCKbabyshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4115\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4115\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blog-babyshow-01.jpg?fit=660%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,386\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"The Baby Show\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Baby Show&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A scene from BBC&amp;#8217;s Call the Midwife&amp;#8230; 1930s babies on display with colour-coordinated mums.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blog-babyshow-01.jpg?fit=660%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4115 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blog-babyshow-01.jpg?resize=600%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Baby Show\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from BBC&#8217;s <a title=\"Call the Midwife\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0118t80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call the Midwife<\/a>&#8230; 1950s babies on display with colour-coordinated mums.\u00a0 So much adorable vintage knitwear!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Alexa and I don&#8217;t advocate baby pageants, we do love baby photos&#8230; the more ridiculous the better, why take babies too seriously?!<\/p>\n<p>As we knit our way through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/sources\/max--bodhis-wardrobe\">Max &amp; Bodhi&#8217;s Wardrobe<\/a>, we thought it was a perfect time to pull out the baby photos, and we want to see yours too!\u00a0 So we&#8217;re having a fabulous baby + knits photo contest on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tincanknits\/\">Instagram<\/a>&#8230; starting now, and ending at the end of day Sunday, April 12th.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4178\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0596-copy.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4178\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0596-copy.jpg?fit=1200%2C757&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,757\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"File0596 copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Check out that hairline baby! That&amp;#8217;s Alexa in front of a lovely hand knit blanket circa 1984&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0596-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C646&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4178 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0596-copy.jpg?resize=600%2C379&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Check out that hairline baby! That's Alexa in front of a lovely hand knit blanket circa 1984\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check out that hairline baby! That&#8217;s Alexa in front of a lovely hand knit blanket circa 1984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>TO ENTER&#8230;<\/strong> simply post a photo on Instagram that&#8217;s about baby + knitting (you need to have an account, but setting one up is easy and free), and tag it <strong>@tincanknits<\/strong> and\u00a0 <strong>#TCKbabyshow<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you want, you can post more than one!\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t have to have an actual baby in it (you can just post your knits), but we love to see their chubby little faces.\u00a0 Children are adorable too, it doesn&#8217;t have to be JUST wee babes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4179\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file1178.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4179\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file1178.jpg?fit=1200%2C1892&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1892\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"File1178\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My mum knit me this jumper in &amp;#8216;popcorn&amp;#8217; stitch (she used 1 big needle and 1 small needle)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file1178.jpg?fit=649%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4179 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file1178.jpg?resize=600%2C946&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"My mum knit me this jumper in 'popcorn' stitch (she used 1 big needle and 1 small needle)\" width=\"600\" height=\"946\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My mum knit me this jumper in &#8216;popcorn&#8217; stitch (she used 1 big needle and 1 small needle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>CATEGORIES&#8230;<\/strong> Emily and Alexa will be the judges!\u00a0 With 4 babies between us, we consider ourselves experts in the field of baby and knit related hilarity.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll select winners in the following categories, and share them on the blog next week!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most Hilarious<\/li>\n<li>Classically Adorable<\/li>\n<li>Best Vintage Baby Knit (pull out those old photos of you in scratchy woollies!)<\/li>\n<li>Best in Show&#8230; our all-round favourite photo from the bunch!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4004\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/img_0553.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4004\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/img_0553.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0553\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Grumpy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/img_0553.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4004 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/img_0553.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Grumpy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grumpy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PRIZES&#8230; WE LOVE PRIZES&#8230;<\/strong> There&#8217;ll be 2 yarn prizes, and 3 book prizes, so post your fav photos now!<\/p>\n<p>1. 2 skeins of <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetfiberyarns.com\/yarns\/\">Supersweet Sock from Sweet Fiber<\/a> in &#8216;Sea Glass&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>2. 2 skeins of Purple Label Cashmere Sock from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanisfiberarts.com\/\">Tanis Fiber Arts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3 and 4. An ecopy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/sources\/max--bodhis-wardrobe\">Max and Bodhi&#8217;s Wardrobe<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4180\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0463.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4180\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0463.jpg?fit=1200%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,746\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"File0463\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My mum knit this cardigan for me too! With a little help from a co-worker&amp;#8230; (PS how hilarious is my Dad in the 80&amp;#8217;s?!)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0463.jpg?fit=1024%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/file0463.jpg?resize=600%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"My mum knit this cardigan for me too! With a little help from a co-worker... (PS how hilarious is my Dad in the 80's?!)\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My mum knit this cardigan for me too! With a little help from a co-worker&#8230; (PS how hilarious is my Dad in the 80&#8217;s?!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To get your creative juices flowing, here are a few that Alexa and I picked to set the mood&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4118\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4118\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_6446-max-antler.jpg?fit=615%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"615,615\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Antler Cardigan by Tin Can Knits\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Antler Cardigan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Most hilarious cute photo of Max (he&amp;#8217;s wearing an Antler cardi)&amp;#8230; I just love his satisfied smile.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_6446-max-antler.jpg?fit=615%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4118 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/img_6446-max-antler.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Antler Cardigan\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most hilarious cute photo of Max (he&#8217;s wearing an Antler cardi)&#8230; I just love his satisfied smile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tin Can Knits on Instagram<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of our favourite ways to share our designs is through the photo-sharing community Instagram.\u00a0 Instagram is designed to be used on your phone or tablet, but you can get a sense of what kind of photos we share by looking at our feed <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tincanknits\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4116\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tincanknits\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=4116\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blog-babyshow-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C1305&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1305\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Tin Can Knits Instagram\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tin Can Knits Instagram&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;We share our projects as we&amp;#8217;re knitting them, new designs, and lovely yarn we&amp;#8217;ve found.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blog-babyshow-02.jpg?fit=942%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4116\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blog-babyshow-02.jpg?resize=600%2C653&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tin Can Knits Instagram\" width=\"600\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We share photos of what we&#8217;re knitting, new designs, and lovely yarns!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Some of our favourite knits for little ones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tincanknits.com\/pattern-PK-campfire.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8369\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=8369\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pk-campfire-tmb-c.jpg?fit=170%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"170,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"PK-campfire-tmb-c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pk-campfire-tmb-c.jpg?fit=170%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pk-campfire-tmb-c.jpg?resize=170%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/hunter-5\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tincanknits.com\/images\/9M-hunter-tmb.jpg?resize=170%2C220\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/clayoquot-toque\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?attachment_id=8376\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rt-clayoquottoque-tmb-f.jpg?fit=170%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"170,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Clayoquot Toque\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rt-clayoquottoque-tmb-f.jpg?fit=170%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.tincanknits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/rt-clayoquottoque-tmb-f.jpg?resize=170%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Alexa and I don&#8217;t advocate baby pageants, we do love baby photos&#8230; 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