Hippo and Snuffles have been bugging me, and telling me that it was high time for another addition of the Hippo and Snuffles Show, and that maybe they should be included this time.

So the thing about blogging is that it takes effort. And sometimes when I get busy at work, and am busy at home, it becomes really, really hard to open up the computer when I come home, and figure out something to say, much less something creative or interesting. And the blog imposes on knitting time, which becomes really precious when I get a little stressed.

As for what Hippo and Snuffles have been up to. Well, last Tuesday we went to see Hippo performing the role of Jean Valjean in Les Mis. at the National Theatre. Unfortunately for us, it was Hippo's night off. He was feeling kind of tired. However, his understudy was very good, and I was quite sappily moved to tears several times during the performance. Oh, those poor french people, they were so miserable!

Snuffles really hasn't been up to much. He's been hanging out and drinking beer as far as I can tell. (This is probably what Snuffles does best.)

As for me, I've bee getting good results at work, which makes me busy, because when things are working you try to get as much information as you can before they stop working.

I've also done some knitting. Boring Blue sweater has the bottom have and two sleeves mostly finished. I'm a bit concerned that the sleeves are too tight which I don't entirely understand, but I'm forging ahead anyhow. I think I can deal with the sweater being tight. That's what I get for using the recollection that I knit two different yarns at the same gauge stead of actually gauging.

I've also made a bunch of progress on the 390 stich/ row feather and fan scarf. I'm happy how this is turning out and sense the sweater is at the joining and I lost a knitting needle under my husbands car seat (stupid german over engineering), it is on hold until the weekend when I can thing more about what I am doing. This means the scarf has become my daily not brainer knitting which means progress.

Although not that much progress, it is 390 stiches/ row afterall!

Knitting Content :

Pictured above is my Noro cardigan almost completed! I have subsequently finished the neck and put on buttons, and I have to say I am very happy with the way this turned out. I wore it three times this week to show it off! As far as other things I'm working on, there is boring blue cardigan using left over yarn from a cabled pullover I made last winter. I'm using the exact same pattern I used for the Noro sweater and it should be a pretty quick project, but it's a little not interesting. These sweaters are designed with quickness in mind because I feel like I haven't been finishing any projects lately. However I am feeling not as excited about the blue sweater as I was with the Noro one. It just isn't going to be as cool!
To fight off the boredom I cast on for a feather and fan rectangular shawl (from Folk Shawls). The 390 stitch cat on is not doing a lot for me (casting on is boring). I'm also knitting a cable sock from Interweave knits Spring 2005, and am not very motivated because the stitches are coming out very uneven. When I try it on the stitches stretch a little and it looks better, but in general I'm not very happy with the superwash yarn I'm using.


This is a picture of the uneven sock hanging out next WuffleSnout. I think I'm slowing understanding how to manipulate html files... Putting this picture in was overcoming a major technical hurdle for me, although I'm basically just cutting and pasting within the html file until it magically turns out the way I want it..

Introduction to the Concept

I don't know what I am doing. But I read so many cute knitting blogs, I though it might be fun.

The name comes from Hippo and Snuffles, respectively. They are our stuffed Hippo and stuffed polar bear, each of who have lived varied and exciting lives and now grace us with their presence. According to them they do many things, and take credit for a great many more things. In our household they also get blamed for a great many more things, and often accuse each other of doing things. They have sort of an odd couple like relatonship.

The purpose of this I'm not sure exactly, but I will probably knitting stuff quite a bit. Snuffles and Hippo as characters may appear a bit. Also I will probably use this as a vehicle to share pictures with family and friends.

Truth be known I don't expect anyone to read this, but I'm putting it out there in the ether anyway.

By the way the above picture is off the aforementioned Hippo and Snuffles. Hippo is working on a blue wool sweater. Snuffles wants to know why it is the Hippo and Snuffles Show, and not the Snuffles (and Hippo) show or really just the Snuffles Show.