On the Hunt Patter-Wise and the Sweater Curse

I've been on the knitting hunt these days for two future projects I want to tackle after I finish either my cardigan or my Juno Regina stole. I have these four luscious skeins of Nashua Creative Focus Worsted in a pretty shade of blue that I want to knit up for myself but then again I also have been looking off and on for Scott (the super-patient boyfriend). It's so hard to find patterns that look like they'd suit him since he A-only wants black, B-likes simple patterns, and C-like most boyfriends is much bigger than myself which means this project will probably consume a good chunk of my paycheck if I got "the good stuff" to knit up with. So I basically am looking forward to seven shades of monotony except they're all in black and dares to test the cruel mistress that is the sweater curse.

Yeah, I know, there is a sweater curse but he keeps pestering me to knit him a sweater and I keep reiterating the sweater curse to him and why it'd be a bad idea. Partly he doesn't believe in the sweater curse but partly I believe he thinks that there is something forbidden and dangerous about having me knit him a sweater thus testing the wretched sweater curse. Now if I really wanted excitement in my relationship I tend to think maybe a tropical vacation or cross country biking or even roleplaying kinky doctor/nurse in the bedroom but not knitting endless rounds of monotonous stockinette in all black in a men's sized medium-large sweater!

Well, I managed to find two sweater designs that *might* honestly work for him. Here we go. Now all I need is to finish my current cardigan for myself and then think LONG and hard whether or not I want to knit up the boy-toy a sweater of his own. *sighs* He doesn't even wear sweaters and his eyes light up at the mere mention of the vaguest possibility that I would ever be able to knit him a sweater. *longer sigh* I could cheat a little and just use cheap acrylic but something tells me that it won't get him to wear it so I may as well opt for a nice, washable blend that isn't too hard on my pocketbook. T_T






































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