My first Baby Pea Pod

It has been a while since I posted anything.  I have been busy this summer making cards, knitting, sewing and crocheting for the grandkids, working in the garden and riding horses.  It is good to be retired.  As my dad used to say, "I do not know how I ever had time to work - there is so much to do!"  Of course, I rarely have time to clean my house, but that is another story.  Here is my first self-made pattern for what is all the rage these days - I call them "Pho Togs" (Togs = Clothing, Pho = Photography, see?  OK, my daughter the photographer says it is dumb - we will see if I get any comments "for" or "agin" the moniker) known on other sites as Baby "Pea Pods".
 

They are used for photo sessions or just for snuggling babies when they are very small.  While they can be made as long as one cares to make them, most patterns specify them to be 18 to 20 inches in length.  The first one I made was about 18 inches long, and my daughter Katy said it was just not long enough for our squirmy Ethan-bug.  Not only was he long when he was born, he did not sleep peacefully and pose with legs pulled up under his chin like a little ... well, I do not know what, but he preferred to stretch out and pull his "Pho Tog" pea pod down around his chest!  Anyway, here is a picture of one of my homemade teddy bears in it. If you like the pattern, you may download it here.