The title of this post reminds me how, a week or so ago, I was getting ready to get on the treadmill and set my iPod to shuffle. First song up? Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls. I think my iPod is even meaner than my Wii Fit trainer, who's quite a bitch herself. On the other hand, fat bottomed girls do make the rockin' world go round.
Anyway. Back several years, when I first learned to knit (which, shockingly, has been quite a while ago now), I gave DH a box of yarn for Christmas and said, Hey! I'll knit you a sweater!
A gift he has reminded me of every Christmas since. And frequently in between, since I'm often seen knitting things that are not a sweater. My initial excuse was that I was too much of a newbie at the whole knitting thing.
But I finally (four years later!) decided it was time to take up the challenge, and so, I give you:
Pretty damn exciting to look at, isn't it? I'm almost done with the back. It's the Classic Male Cardigan from Sally Melville's Knitting Experience: The Knit Stitch book, knit in Cascade.
The best part? Now, instead of him nagging me, I get to pick this up each evening and say, hey, look, honey! I'm knitting you a sweater!
I have four years' worth to make up for.
Baby got back, indeed.
I'm (still) knitting that same sweater for DH. All I have to do is a few inshes of the right front and the button band. I useda silk linen "tweed" (my mind ha just made the brand name go "ffffft.") so it will be cool enough to wear in Texas.
PS: Our GS cookies are all gone, too.
Posted by: PainterWoman | March 17, 2010 at 12:10 PM
I love that song!
Posted by: kathy b | March 04, 2010 at 08:23 PM
So does that mean you're going to take four years to knit it?
Posted by: Guinifer | March 04, 2010 at 08:36 AM
FBG--one of my all time faves.
I love the sweater! The color is all me. If it doesn't fit, drop me a line.
Posted by: rudee | March 03, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Now what's he going to fuss about??
Posted by: Chris | March 03, 2010 at 04:21 PM
I have a story like that as well - except that my husband bought the yarn himself...over 30 years ago!! One of these days I'll get to it.
Posted by: Ann | March 03, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Watch out - he'll want another one. Ask me how I know.
And now that song will be in my head all day long.
Posted by: kate | March 03, 2010 at 11:35 AM
You're very lucky that your DH wants a sweater with such an involved, exciting stitch. The M.E. has just requested a pullover. Plain stockinette.
Posted by: Miss T | March 03, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Good for you! My husband loves the sweater I made for him. Guess I need to make more.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | March 03, 2010 at 09:41 AM
I always used the boyfriend sweater curse as my no spouse sweater excuse. Truth is I can't stay focused on one project that long...I'm an ADD knitter.
Posted by: cursingmama | March 03, 2010 at 09:24 AM