Golden Boy! It's Finished!

IT'S DONE! Golden Boy is finally complete. It fits and he likes it. (Damn straight he likes it!) It only took me 10 months to knit and I have to say that I am pretty darn pleased with the results.

He's a view of two good looking boys and all of our pumpkins for the season.

Dear Golden Boy, again...

Dear Golden Boy:

I am pleased to say, and show, that we are okay and still together. We are working things out and progressing along. I have finished the back segment. (I have yet to actually measure this on the back of the person for whom it is meant. But we'll work these things out one thing at a time.) We'll call you 25% complete. Just the front, two sleeves (that are hopefully, at least, approximately the same length), collar and finishing left. Darling Golden Boy clearly we are not out of the woods yet. Maybe I'll work on a sleeve next.

However, in the sake of full disclosure, I must confess to yet another indescretion. Okay, I seem to have stumbled onto a steep and slippery slope here. I used to be a solid one project at a time kind of girl but now... I'm starting to spread myself around a little bit. And I have to say it feels pretty good.

This is my new project, started this morning, Cabled V-Neck Slipover. (From Debbie Bliss, Fall/Winter 2008 magazine.) I am knitting this with Debbie Bliss Como yarn. It is beautiful yarn. The yarn is thick and so very soft. The colour is a very light blue-grey. This is knit on big needles and is my first time with chunky weight wool.

I may never go back to thin wool knit with tiny needles. I feel like a speed knitter. I'm cocky in having finished over 7" of knitting in an afternoon.

So Golden Boy, we will make it through these hard times. We will. Just a little bit slower now than before. The Green Cabled Shoulder Bag is still in the queue and as you saw it last. In fact, after my confession I put the shoulder bag away and tucked in and finished the back of Golden Boy.

So maybe all this straying will be productive... I'm just saying.

With Love,

J

Dear Golden Boy:

Dear Golden Boy,

Firstly, you know that I love you and you know that I've always been a firm believer in monogamy. Monogamy is hard work and sometimes I just need to look outside of our relationship to get "in the mood", if you know what I mean. But Golden Boy, I always come back to you.

It's totally not you. It's me. You are a strong and confident sweater. I really love that I can knit you in the dark while watching tv. My fingers create your stitches with comfortable and brainless ease. Simply said- you are an easy knit and I would NEVER want to be without an easy knit.

I've always though of myself as a one-project-at-a-time kind of girl but I am tired of lying to myself. The thrill of falling in love with a new project is too intoxicating. I can't help myself. To you she is just a tawdry shoulder bag with cables. A passing fancy as you know that I'd never commit myself to something that complicated all the time. You know I will come back to you and love you for your patience in letting me stray just for this short time.

To quote from a bad teen movie, I may love her (sic) but I love you more.

Yours with love,

Jennifer

P.S) If it makes you feel better, and will lessen your tension, I promise not to speak of my other projects on the side in your presence.

Green cable shoulder bag- my something, something on the side. Isn't she pretty?