There has been a thread winding its way though the blogs where women talk of their husband’s disdain for one of her outfits. In her January 12th post, Super Eggplant had the dress her guy described as appropriate for a polygamist’s wife. My dear Chuck hates my LL Bean sundresses, which he claims fit me like a sack. I told him I will put them away for my next husband. Now Lynne‘s man is in on the act. Her kimono style top was described by him only as "interesting." I empathetically commented on her blog and she wrote to me saying the only outfit a man truly understands is naked. Can you imagine all the google hits I’m going to get with the words man and naked in the same sentence?
That reminded me of a story that gives credence to her theory. I had a friend who tried on a leather skirt. She asked her husband his opinion. He said, "It doesn’t matter. It’s not going to stay on that long."
On to knitting. Meet my Print O’ the Wave, a free pattern from Eunny, in Seasilk in the ivory colourway. This is my current portable project as opposed to Marina, which requires more than one knitting bag and is my stay at home project.
I ordered the yarn on line. All I can figure is that I got the last two skeins. I know that hand dyed yarn has inconsistencies, but why else would they send two completely different shades of the same yarn? This photo doesn’t really illustrate how little they have in common. I was initially concerned as the darker one looked like the ivory one, having survived a diet coke spill. If I wanted that colour I could have handled a spill all on my own. Now that I’ve alternated the skeins, the difference gives it a fair bit of depth and I’m actually appreciating it.
This project would make a lovely wedding shawl, but with no wedding plans this year, thank goodness, I told Chuck I’d wear it for our 25 anniversary in December. With clothes on underneath, of course.
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