tuesday is for knitting: a work in progress

my roommate, asked me to knit him a sweater. so i have started one to give him on his birhtday the 2nd week of augest.

i was a little concerned that the boyfriend sweater curse, may also apply to roommates, but i have been assured that it doesn't. even so, i have taken some steps to ensure that, after all of the time and care i put into making a sweater, at the very least the thing gets worn, and worst case, i don't loose a friend and roommate:
1) i knit him a hat, and even tho it made him look a little like an acorn, and his friends at school teased him, he wore it every day this past winter.
2) he has mentioned to his friends that i am a talented knitter (on more then one occasion)
3) he asked for the sweater
4) i decided to forgo the element of surprise and i let him choose the style he wants and have asked 100 question about every detail.
5) he is thin (i am making a 33 inch chest size). this means that the sweater won't take a tone of money or time and reduces my sentamntal attachment to it.

i let him choose if he wanted a ribbed cuff to match the hem of the sweater, or a turned cuff with a pop of yellow. he chose the yellow, which i think was a good choice.

this is what the cuff looks like turned inside-out

he wanted a plain cardigan with a deep v-neck. i am knitting it in the round from the bottom up using a elizabeth zimmerman's method of proportions. this is my first time knitting a sweater from the bottom up, i usally make them top down.

last weekend while i was working, he reached over and touched the fabric, saying, "it's so soft, do i have to take special care of this? what if i really like it and want to wear it everyday, will it fall apart?" i think that is a good sign that the sweater curse dosn't apply to roommates.