Dave's sweater vest. Remember that?
Remember way back in mid-September I posted pictures of all the cool stuff I was knitting, then promptly dropped in favor of a non-Christmassy Christmas stocking I was working on? Well, I have since dropped the non-Christmassy stocking and have actually managed to finish something. I don't even want to think about all of the other knitted works in progress that are floating around this site in perennial non-finishedness. To appease the gods, I present you with proof that I have in fact completed something, and that all things considered, I think it came out pretty darned good:
He's on the phone talking field hockey with his new best friend, Megan. I'm behind the camera working myself up into a fit of jealous rage. Here's an action shot of him with his hockey stick before it was snatched away by the future member of the ladies field hockey team, Henry:
I put up all of the details (pattern, yarn) for this sweater over here. It was fun to do, but I'm glad to be done with the miles and miles of stockinette stitch. I think it's slightly too big, although closer examination of the picture with the pattern shows that it's meant to be a little roomy. It still needs to be blocked so you can see the contrast edge around the armholes, but all in all I really like it. I think Dave does too.
Comments
With the look of concentration on Dave's face, you'd think we were really good!
I LOVE the sweater. It looks Ah-mazing.
Posted by: Megan | November 6, 2007 08:06 PM
I kind of wonder what you were saying to him at the exact moment I took the picture. Maybe we should make up captions for the picture.
Posted by: Jenn | November 6, 2007 10:20 PM
I thought it looked like Dave needed a jump start in the first photo. He looks like you're asking him to do something he thinks is really hard. I was relieved to see him back to his regular animated state in the next photo.
The sweater looks perfecto - comfy, warm, not too constricting or bulky. Good colors for him too.
Now do you always have the pumpkin portrait up over the mantle or is that a seasonal thing? I'm a pumpkin lover - I'd have it up year round.
Posted by: Mel | November 6, 2007 10:29 PM
Ok, since everybody wants to know - here's the scoop.
In the first picture I was trying to divide 573 by 17 in my head. In the second picture I had just finished eating a York Peppermint Pattie and could feel the cool breeze of an autumn day while imagining playing field hockey.
Posted by: David | November 6, 2007 11:00 PM
My husband's so weird.
And we keep the pumpkin painting up year round. Because it's awesome.
Posted by: Jenn | November 6, 2007 11:02 PM
i am so coming out to see dave in full hockey glory. Have the girls decided what color their skirts will be?
Posted by: phoebe | November 7, 2007 11:11 AM
Hopefully hot pink with their names across the butts because that's always flattering.
Posted by: Jenn | November 7, 2007 11:49 AM
Ahh... so now we know that Mel was right: Dave _was_ being asked to do something he thinks is really hard --- wearing a hot pink skirt with his name blazoned in the back.
Posted by: Debbie | November 7, 2007 12:32 PM
Just for the record, there's not enough beer in the world for the pink skirt to have a chance.
Posted by: David | November 7, 2007 05:01 PM