Firstly, I'm not the daughter from the other thread! But having read that I remembered a few bits of knitting in the cupboard that I thought I'd try on my baby as he's grown a bit lately.
Before he was born she gave me lots of knitted cardigans and jumpers. Lovely wool, lovely colours and nice styles. But a really odd fit which I now figure is because she used patterns from the 80s. Anyway I never really used them at all (half have never been worn) as it was just so hard to wrench his hands through the cuffs, and the bodies being short by comparison means that his lower back isn't covered when sitting down (made worse by my baby taking after my husband who has short legs and a long torso).
I've just got out her latest effort which is clearly a more modern pattern (hooded cardigan, by request as I find them so handy). Again, lovely wool in a lovely colour. But she's obviously done half of the body in a smaller size so I still have the super long sleeve problem. Not so bad as everything else as the cuffs aren't so tight, but I'm just not going to get that much wear out of it as the sleeves have to be rolled over twice and, again, before long his lower back won't be covered which means I'll worry about him wearing it in the pram. I'm just gutted. When I received it I imagined it'd be something he could just live in.
The other reason I don't really put my baby in her knitting very often is that it just makes me want to cry. She's on the other side of the world, knitting lovely things for her first and only grandchild, using lovely (not cheap!) wool and these things just don't fit him. I imagine her knitting these things with love and even now I'm welling up thinking about the waste.
So come on everyone, tell me I'm being unreasonable and to shut down my pity party. And tips on how to get over myself would be greatly appreciated :)