So here's my finished Best Friend Cardigan, or as I like to call it, my Gorilla Smurf sweater, which is what I felt like when I first put it on. It didn't help that my two coworkers gave me the crazy look when I wore it to work on Friday. After that dose of humiliation, I felt like frogging it, but it is slowly growing on me. The chunky yarn and chubby seams make my shoulders about 4 inches broader, but maybe that's not such a bad thing.
Then, while my man was taking these photos, I remembered that I have the perfect belt for this. Voila! More feminine, less gorilla smurf, right? I think I just need to be careful about how I wear it, and try to keep the bottom half of my outfit as streamlined as possible, i.e. cigarette pants, skinny jeans, pencil skirt. I was wearing a poofy patterned skirt when I left the house on Friday, which may have been cause for my coworkers' befuddled looks.
I think I'm going to keep her!Details: 6 skeins of Cascade's Lana Grande (double stranded) on size 19 circs. I had barely 1 foot of yarn left over after seaming. This was really quick and fun to make. I knit it up single stranded first, then decided I didn't like it, frogged the whole thing, and then knit it up again and it still took only about one week to complete. I got the jumbo buttons at Britex downtown.
I just picked up another 6 skeins of soft chunky at YarnPaperScissors in Burlingame. The owner bought way more colors and skeins than Imagiknit, which suprised me, because it is a much smaller store. I bought a nice yellow called "Canary" that I am going to knit the hoodie with. Yippee for quickee chunkees!
Now that I am starting to plan my cross country move, I 'm getting a little sentimental about San Francisco. Also, I have a good reason to finally buy this necklace that I have always coveted:
My diamond would be over San Francisco, of course.I think I saw it about a year ago on daily candy, loved it, forgot about, and now I need it! They are available here http://www.stateofmine.com/ and you can get it customized for any state and city.
9 comments:
beautiful, not gorilla smurfy at all... and the belt really helps.
I adore your cardi and even more adore the colorway!~
Great Job! Please don't frog!
Beautiful! Your colleagues must be nuts.
I heart the cardigan! Don't frog it!
This looks fantastic on you! Bulky is so hard to wear but you pull it off- great job.
Wow-- that looks amazing, espeically with the matching belt & skirt! You've got some great knits on hand!
I found your blog after looking for a photo of this sweater, i think I'm inspired to make it now!
The large gauge and buttons make it look like a sweater for a lifesize doll. It's very chic and original. Your slim figure can really pull it off.
You look absolutely adorable in this sweater, especially with the belt and skirt. Tada!
I found your blog through Crafster.
You make a good point about how to wear these bulky knits on top, with slim fitting slacks or skirt below.
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