So, as soon as it was done, I popped it on over what I was wearing:
Ugh. Just, ugh. I was not happy. Totally mutton-dressed-as-lamb, totally unhip kid trying to learn the lingo of hipness. I decided that perhaps it was a bad combo with the dark slacks and white shirt - especially that I now appeared to have TWO horizontal lines running across thickish parts of my body that I wish weren't so thickish.
So I dug out one of the silly little lightweight summer dresses that I love (but truly wonder how much longer I can wear, they are VERY young I think) and tried it:
Much much better. The True Spencer Nature of the garment comes out without a defined waistline, and I don't look so much like I'm trying to play dress-up in my younger sister's outfit. (Also, that white t-shirt was too wrinkly at the waist. Maybe with a fitted-waist blouse it would look okay, and maybe if there were less contrast between blouse and slacks or skirt).
(I also took the second shot without flash, I kept getting bad reflections off of my glasses that made me look like I had been drinking, which I have not.)
I guess the object-lesson here is that you have to choose the appropriate supporting style to go with the garment. Also, I'm going to try blocking it to make it a tad longer - I think it hits me on an unfortunate place and if it were like an inch or two longer, it would hit right where my waist is actually narrowing (such as it does) rather than ABOVE.
As for the Bergamo: I've concluded I'd not knit with it again. Pretty yarn, lovely knit up, but it's a pain to work with. And as I'm primarily a process knitter - I knit for the joy of making stuff and working with fiber - and because there are so many lovely yarns out there that are more tractable (and that don't ravel like crazy from their cut edges), I'll stick with them.
1 comment:
very nice. i do agree though, it could be a tad bit longer. and what is monk's cord? is it like icord?
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