Exciting news! I’ve started a sweater for Mr B! Not-so-exciting news! I’d hoped to have a more impressive progress photo to show by now…

The pattern is the top-down raglan from Knitting Pure and Simple that I bought the other week. It’s a very easy pattern to follow and they’re nice people, answering a dopey question I emailed them really quickly and not tagging on “you stupid bint” at the end, which was nice.

Anyhow, I started it just over a week ago and recklessly assumed that I’d have the raglan increases done by now and be whizzing down the body. This is where I should have sat down and worked out just how much knitting I had to do. After the preliminary shaping, the sweater is joined in the round, and I have to knit 60 rows, increasing 8 stitches on alternate rows - that’s a total of 240 extra stitches. So I’ve still got another 10 rows to go and it looks like nothing more than a big blue bob of yarn:

I tried to arrange the blob so that you could see some sort of shaping, but I think you’ll have to rely on a good imagination to see anything jumperish. But! Once I’ve divided for the body and sleeves, you should see the makings of a very nice - if very plain - sweater.

The yarn is Patons Shetland Chunky in Medium Blue, which I bought nearly a year ago for an entirely different pattern. Yay for a high acrylic content! It’s nice enough yarn for a garment which I’m sure he’ll end up wearing in the garden when he’s knocking things down. And honestly, if it gets worn I don’t care where he wears it!