The Hubby Sweater is Nearing the Finish Line!

Yup, I've finished the ribbing on the body of the sweater and tonight I finished the neck ribbing. Tomorrow I'll be loading up the 16" circular for the first sleeve. I'm totally psyched to finish this sweater! (Notice the use of outdated slang - I'm a child of the 80's dudes and proud of it!) I tried it on late last night to see if I was even close on the fit. It's sized for a XXL man and I can fit into it comfortably. The length is right, too. I added several inches to accommodate hubby's long torso. My goal now is to finish the first sleeve by this weekend and at least have the second sleeve loaded up and ready to go. I need to get started on my dad's felted slippers and I still have the Palindrome scarf and Trekking socks to finish. I'm hoping to have the Trekking socks mostly done by Thanksgiving but all depends on the finishing of the hubby sweater. I have a lot of ends to weave in and some buttons to buy and sew on.

I've started teaching my 5 yr old niece how to knit. I was surprised she was even interested. She's made comments in the past about learning how but I chalked it up to her just being interested in what Auntie was up to. Since she spent the weekend here and continued to show interest I agreed to try and teach her. She seems to be determined to get it! I started with a simple knit stitch and send her home with some waste cotton and a borrowed pair of needles to practice with. As luck would have it, her mom called me later today and asked for a quick tutorial because B was still trying to knit! I talked her through slip stitch and casting on and told her about all the wonderful video tutorials online she and B can watch. I'm pretty darned happy about all this! Imagine, me, having the patience to teach a 5 yr old knitting! Yippee for the both of us!

Time to catch some serious ZZZZ's ... a weekend full of house guests and two kids is enough to tucker me right out!

Ciao and Happy Knitting!

BTW - I'm trying St. John's Wort and so far so good!