Chief Inspector Japp and the amazing Finnish wool sweater Wax didn't quite finish by Christmas

[cimorene]

waxjism posted: Knittings

I started knitting again last year after leaving several projects on the back burner [...]

Comments

[magnetic_pole]

I keep looking from sweater to rabbit and back again, trying to decide which is more gorgeous and touchable! M.

[cimorene]

Well, the rabbit is a bit more changeable and since he doesn't have lanolin he isn't as good for your skin? (Also since on occasion he has been known to bite the skin.) But on the other hand he's way cuter.

[oanja]

I feel like I should have that animated gif of the little girl holding a stuffed toy and shouting "it's so fluffy!" because that bunny is so cute <3

Also that sweater looks awesome. I'm awed of people who manage to finish such big knitting projects, I can barely finish a pair of socks. :D

[cimorene]

I like to give big projects to her because she's much faster than me. Like, I have finished whole sweaters, but it takes me MUCH longer.

And that gif is my entire life now.

Also though, while bunnies are REALLY THAT CUTE or more, the irony is that they don't really like to be picked up, or hugged, which is kind of a cruel twist really. Like, don't get me wrong, they like to be petted and groomed if you do it right, and they can like to cuddle each other or other pets (although mostly these don't because their relationship is Fraught), but they don't like being up in the air and toted around and hemmed in and that stuff.

[brownbetty]

Wow, that is both impressive, and impressive that you finished, which I hope doesn't sound minimizing, but I'm stuck on the final kitchenering up of a project I knit in four days, so.

[cimorene]

She did finish pretty fast, but I think she only had to graft under the arms which are pretty short considering.

[tripleransom]

That's a wonderful sweater! and a great looking bunny as well. Did you ever get the fly problem solved?

[cimorene]

Thanks! But ugh, no, it's a lot better thanks to constantly changing the litter boxes and lining them with salt under the bedding, but the last holdouts are always sitting on our ficus tree for some reason. We might be able to get them with a few traps though.