Hugo had a nice month-long time out when I realized it was going to be too small. It’s back on the needles, and we’re back in love. I just went up a size from each of the needles in the pattern. I picked it up again last weekend after Nanook was fully finished. The yarn is Cascade 220 (surprise, surprise, right?) in Mallard, more boon from last April’s anniversary sale at WEBS. 
I love the cables in Hugo. I especially love that I can do all of them without a cable needle, just by knitting the stitches out of order. I wasn’t doing this on the first attempt, but then I experimented a little and it works well. Knitting out of order probably works best with small cables (less than 3 stitches involved in the cabling).
I added about 1.5 inches to the body to account for Matt’s height. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, I was able hold it up to Matt and see exactly where the armholes should start.
Maybe it’s slightly less fun not being able to wow him with a total surprise of a sweater on December 12th (our anniversary), but I’m much more content knowing this one will fit. I am making a size between the two smaller sizes for him. A 38″ would have negative ease on him, but a 41 3/4″ would have more than he’d like, so I’m making it about 40″. The back is done. I think I’ll start the sleeves next!
I just finished my Hugo and it is really lovely pattern to knit . I hope finished sweater is nice to wear also. I am giving mine as a gift to my brother in law so I hope he will like it . Your Hugo looks lovely and Cascade is a great yarn choice (looks great) to this pattern. Can´t wait to see your when you have finished it.
Looking great babe 🙂
Those cables look really juicy!
Love the pattern; it looks so complex, but really nice with that colour!
While I love the idea of a surprise knit gift, in reality I’m way too paranoid about having wasted my hours and hours on something the receiver can’t/won’t wear. I’m sure he’ll still be thrilled to have it!
It looks so beautiful! I actually want one of these for me 😛
Gah! What a perfect, perfect colour. I also love that the design echoes some of the details of Beatnick without being obvious about it. I can’t wait to see this finished!
Gorgeous detail. I look forward to seeing a picture of you wearing it.
I knit Carl a birthday sweater every year. Because he gets to approve the pattern and the yarn, it’s never a secret. I’m finding it’s much more fun that way! He gets to see the process, hold it up, check the fit…it’s almost like we’re knitting it together 🙂