I've been a bit quiet on my blog because I stupidly gave my Dad the link to it so he could see what I was working on and then I decided to make him a 'surprise' jumper! Doh!
So I have been biting my tongue and holding off posting but I can't resist any longer. I am knitting a lovely cable jumper details of which I will post up when I get home from work (shhhh.... don't tell my boss I'm blogging in his time!) for my Dad he will be 70 on the 8th March and although we have got him a family present I thought I'd knit him a jumper. He always reminds me of the cable jumper that I knitted him years ago when I used to knit and he still has it so I thought it was time I made him a new one...
I have just finished the back but now I am wondering if it will be long enough! Dad is 6ft 2 but if I have to make it longer it means unpicking it back to before the armholes :-( I think I'll risk leaving it. I really love knitting Aran patterns and watching the pattern unfold before your eyes. I particularly liked the cabled rib on this pattern which also will feature round the neck. Now I'm itching to finish it because I have just ordered some beads and I'm going to try my hand knitting with them which will be my first attempt! The pattern I'm going to try is Knitty's Ice Queen Pattern http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTicequeen.html isn't it beautiful! I don't know if I'll wear it but I know I'll enjoy knitting it. Anyway if you see my Dad, don't tell him about the jumper!
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