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… it needs a better name. The Polar Bear Jumper…? Nah. Although (don’t tell him), he is<\/em> a bit of a bear, and the older he gets, the more polar he looks \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n The name question stays on the drawing board for now.<\/p>\n What I realised was that this was (shamefully) a WIP for oh-so-very-much-too-long. Inexplicably, I had actually got it to the point where there was only half a sleeve left to knit, put it down, and not picked it back up for about TWO YEARS?!? I mean, I know I’m a bit of a project magpie (ooh, the shiny new yarn! ooh, let’s have a crack at THIS! ooh, I neeeeeed to make THIS, right NOW!) you get the point, but this was pushing prevarication to its very limits.<\/p>\n And\u00a0then<\/em> I never actually shared with you the fact that I had finally finished. One picture on Instagram passed by with barely a nod.<\/p>\n But I DID finish. And it fits him beautifully, and he has actually WORN it this winter. Quite a lot. Which, as far as I’m concerned, is the mark of something he actually likes. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n So without further ado, or too much of a flourish, here he is, posing beautifully outside my perfectly blue house.<\/p>\n I did write it all down as I designed and knitted it (I’m a make-it-up-as-I-go-along sort of designer. Intuitive rather than mathematical, if that makes sense) but I haven’t written it all up formally yet. It’s rather a job, and I’ve got all my charts to map up etc. I will though, as I’ve had quite a few enquiries about it. Just let me catch my breath \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Anyway. Another WIP turned to FO and a sigh of relief, a big smile and a large gin.<\/p>\n Hope you like!<\/p>\n <3<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … it needs a better name. The Polar Bear Jumper…? Nah. Although (don’t tell him), he is a bit of a bear, and the older he gets, the more polar he looks \ud83d\ude09 The name question stays on the drawing board for now. What I realised was that this was (shamefully) a WIP for oh-so-very-much-too-long. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30,32],"tags":[48,51,77,121,129,148,149,178,237,241,247,269,278,284,290,296,361,401,403,471],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-news","tag-alice-in-knittingland","tag-alice-neal","tag-beauty","tag-christmas-jumper","tag-comfort","tag-design","tag-designer","tag-fairisle","tag-hygge","tag-inspiration","tag-journal","tag-knitting","tag-knitting-inspiration","tag-knitwear-design","tag-lifestyle","tag-love","tag-polar-bears","tag-slow-fashion","tag-slow-stitches","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"polar](\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/polar-bears4.jpg\")
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