One Happy Customer
Hope everyone had swell holidays. Mine were spent largely knitting furiously. I’m not going to lie, I did not relax enough over my holidays. Between work and all that Christmas jazz (which I usually take great joy in) I have been all worn out. That being said I had some seriously happy and appreciative knitted gift recipients this year. The biggest project I took on this year was a sweater for my darling brother, Eric. I am very proud of my little bro. He was recently sworn in as a police officer and is also a really fun guy. Whenever we hang out I end up laughing so hard I have trouble breathing.
I would normally stay away from knitting a sweater for someone else (my dad is an exception because he loves everything I make no matter what), and stay even further away from knitting a sweater for someone in their 20s but when Eric saw this awesome retro sweater in the new Debbie Bliss knitting magazine he had to have it. I have to say, I thought it was pretty great myself. The colors are my favorite 70′s orange and brown and the snowflakes make it really retro chic. Eric didn’t just ask once either, every time I saw him for a couple of weeks he would ask ‘How is my sweater coming?’. My mummy very generously offered to bankroll the project so I decided to take it on. Risks be damned, it also fits my other brother (Jordan), and my dad so if all else fails, someone else will wear it.
I hit a few snags along the way of course, it just wouldn’t be Christmas knitting without a few obstacles. I ordered the yarn (the soft and machine washable Rialto Aran) and I accidentally ordered cream instead of natural. This may not seem like a major set back but I had already knit an entire ball of cream before I figured out where I had gone wrong. So I had to order the natural and play the waiting game. This set me behind by a couple of weeks, which I didn’t really have to spare this season. I did get it done in time though, zipper and all (something new for me). And wonder of wonders, he loved it!
