A day to spare!

by | Dec 12, 2013 | Finished object, Knitting

Ha. All last week and this week I kept thinking the 12th of December was Wednesday (yesterday). It’s my wedding anniversary. I was knitting like a madwoman, and then Matt pointed out on Monday night that the 12th was Thursday and I had a whole day to spare! That...

Waiting for the mail to come

by | Dec 9, 2013 | Knitting, WIP

Here is my Hugo progress: I’m a couple of inches into the armhole! This front went so much faster than the sleeves. Maybe it’s a mental thing. I think some of it has to do with the shorter rows on a sleeve interrupting the rhythm of the pattern more often....

Endless sleeves!

by | Dec 3, 2013 | Knitting, WIP

I thought I would wait and post about these Hugo sleeves when they were finished, but it seems that they will never end, so I’ll go ahead and tell you about them now. They’re pretty straightforward, with a narrower version of the pattern that’s on...

Hugo is back

by | Nov 23, 2013 | Knitting, WIP

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...