Sophie is halfway there. Well the knitting bit is half done anyway. If I had posted about Sophie on Monday I would have whined about hand winding a hank of Cascade 220 in a car. Or perhaps linked to this clever invention which I discovered just a little too late. If I had posted Tuesday morning I would have said I wasn’t loving Sophie, the 6.5mm circ I had was too long, double points really weren’t fun for this project and especially while knitting the first few rows of the sides I found the Cascade a bit thin to knit comfortably on 6.5mm needles. If I had posted last night I would have showed you this photo and said that I made good progress at knitting class and was looking forward to moving on to a new pair of 6.5mm circs when they arrived in the morning.

Well the needles came, I have changed over and I have to say am never going to love going to love knitting on 40cm circulars as the needle points are just too short for my hands but it is definitely more manageable with a fatter needle and wool yarn than the combination of 4mm needles and cotton. I need to stop blogging now so I can go knit this thing because despite all the whining Sophie is really growing on me, I want to see her finished.