I'm *such* a delinquent blogger. I realllly have done something since I finished those mits for hubby such a long time ago.

So, the mits, while very masculine, and perfect for daily winter, they didn't help much during our KC Chiefs vs Chargers game in KC when it was 16 degrees F + 30 mph winds. I don't think anything would of helped that day. Is it wrong when a player is on the field, gets hurts, and you want to scream "get up!! you're delaying me getting back into the car!!! moooooooove it!!" ...eh, we'll go again in a couple of years, this time I'm thinking August/September :)

Hubby enjoyed the mits well enough that he's becoming a knitted-item requestor!! Very shyly, he asked, "do you think you'd make me a sweater?" I almost ran around the room I was sooo excited.

I prompty picked out 3 patterns for him to pick from, and I knew exactly what color he would be going for (his whole closet is blue, so that was a no-brainer!). He picked a Drops Design sweater (*squeel* i heart Drops) that has 4x4 ribbing from chest up, and a nice textured stitch below.

You can tell from his cheeky photos that he loves it. And since I finished it up the week before Christmas, has nearly worn it once a week:

"He's a model, you know what I mean and he shakes his little tush on the catwalk!"

He also then requested a hat (did I mention it's FREEEEZING here?) So luckily I had just picked up the "Son of Stitch 'n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men" from Borders the previous weekend. This time I let him flip through and find a pattern that he liked. He chose the Ski Beanie pattern and I started straight-away with the left over Cascade 220 from his sweater. I found in my task some Patons that I used for contrasting color,and got this:

I really liked that it was knit flat and then seamed up the back. The garter-rib stitch adds just enough to the hat to make it interesting. It's now his favorite thing to wear to our local hockey club's games.

Well, that's that's what I have been doing since you last heard from me. I'll post again this weekend with my in progress items--trust me, they're just as exciting! :)