{"id":1962,"date":"2019-01-31T20:48:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2019-01-31T20:48:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:48:31","slug":"the-husband-jumper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"The Husband Jumper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1965\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/polarbears3.jpg\" alt=\"polarbears3\" width=\"1179\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; it needs a better name. The Polar Bear Jumper&#8230;? Nah. Although (don&#8217;t tell him), he <em>is<\/em> a bit of a bear, and the older he gets, the more polar he looks \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>The name question stays on the drawing board for now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1906\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/polar-bears4.jpg\" alt=\"polar bears4\" width=\"1217\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;m a bit of a project magpie (ooh, the shiny new yarn! ooh, let&#8217;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<p>And\u00a0<em>then<\/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<p>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&#8217;m concerned, is the mark of something he actually likes. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>So without further ado, or too much of a flourish, here he is, posing beautifully outside my perfectly blue house.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1966\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"743\" height=\"1000\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1963\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1-5.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"3648\" height=\"5472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did write it all down as I designed and knitted it (I&#8217;m a make-it-up-as-I-go-along sort of designer. Intuitive rather than mathematical, if that makes sense) but I haven&#8217;t written it all up formally yet. It&#8217;s rather a job, and I&#8217;ve got all my charts to map up etc. I will though, as I&#8217;ve had quite a few enquiries about it. Just let me catch my breath \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Anyway. Another WIP turned to FO and a sigh of relief, a big smile and a large gin.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you like!<\/p>\n<p>&lt;3<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; it needs a better name. The Polar Bear Jumper&#8230;? Nah. Although (don&#8217;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. 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