I’ve made good progress this week! I finally stopped feeling like I was going to pass out on the couch every night at 8:30pm and have gotten in some good knitting on my husband’s sweater.
I started the second to last shade of blue last night! You can’t see it as well here since it’s barely an inch but it’s a deeper shade of the bright blue with flecks of red in it and the next color is an inky dark navy blue. At dk weight on size 6 needles I’ve got about 300 stitches and am just knitting plain stockinette in the round. Sometimes that’s great because I can knit blindly without looking at it but sometimes I feel like it’s lulling me to sleep.
In addition to taking breaks because it can get a bit monotonous, Jellybean loves to stand on/lay on this sweater.
It has so much dog hair on it and I don’t even bother trying to rub it off because I know inevitably she’s going to hop in my lap and lay across it and demand a bit of attention. She’s definitely a tiny diva at times.
So that’s my progress update, what are you working on?
Yards of Happiness 
You’re going to have to make Jellybean a sweater to match with the leftover yarn! All I’m knitting now is small Christmas presents–hats and mittens and I’ll be blocking some scarves that I have made in the past and never get around to blocking and giving.
Well since Jellybean already has a sweater that matches mine, the plan is to make Cher a sweater to match this one so we can take family photos. But i have a feeling I’ll have a lot of yarn leftover so they might all get matching sweaters!
I love those shades or is it hues of blue. He is one lucky man. I can’t imagine knitting a sweater for my husband. He likes things loose and wears a large or XL. I would go crazy with that around and around and around for the body.
Love the simplicity of the wide stripes of color. I’m also glad to know I’m not the only one with dog hair covered sweaters. 🙂