Sophie Hood 2: Electric Boogaloo

The less glamorous sequel to my first Sophie hood. At some point before fall, I realized that I wanted a version of the Sophie Hood that I felt a lot better about wearing to work. For context, I work in a very dusty warehouse that gets super cold in the winter due to it being a shipping dock. I have to wash clothes I wear to work more often than other clothes due to the amount of dust and dirt that gets on me daily. I had a good amount of the Luxe Merino yarn gifted to me by my grandma, who had to be careful handling it because she's allergic to wool. Being a combination of superwash wool and acrylic, this was the perfect candidate for a work-friendly project. I also made the decision to knit the shortest length version for safety reasons.

I cast on the project near the end of August, where I got sick with covid (...again). My husband, fiance at the time, got sick first. He was supposed to have his original bachelor party plans that weekend, but came down with covid fairly quickly. I tried my best to stay healthy but forgot to wash the hand towels, so I unfortunately got sick. I remember one of the days I was completely delirious from a combination of bodily pains, Nyquil, and ibuprofen; I was trying to eat lunch that day and felt like I was going to slip out of reality at any moment. Anyway, I started knitting it when I had a bit more mental clarity but was still sick. This time, I used metal needles to avoid the issue I had last time where the yarn just kept getting stuck on the needles.

This project progressed so much easier than the first time around. I didn't have an issue with dropped stitches and didn't overstress about when the increases should happen. Also, doing a smaller size definitely makes the hood work up faster. Overall, I'm very pleased and I wear it often to work to help protect from the bitter cold of winter. The first hood mainly gets to shine on weekends to the mall and such.

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