Surprise!

This went so fast that I didn't even have a chance to tell you about it.


It's a slightly lengthened Cloud bolero, a pattern that I had never seen before Ravelry. I thought this would be the perfect little number to throw on at the office, seeing as the temperature is positively arctic thanks to insane air-conditioning. It's like goosebumps cold, people. We're all dressed like it's December. Maybe I need to call up Al Gore and ask him to intervene?

Anywho. I used four balls of Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk, which I picked up with a generous gift certificate to Knot Another Hat from Jon's mom. (Thanks again!) This knit up FAST. The pattern is easy to memorize and superb "Law and Order" knitting. (There's a 16-hour marathon tomorrow, for those of you not working. That's a lot of Lennie!) The only thing that I struggled with was the picot bind-off -- I'd never done it before, and I'm not sure that I even did it right. But it looks about right. I decided to lengthen it mainly because I had enough yarn, and I always worry that cropped cardigans make me look truncated.

It's a little tough not to look like a simpleton when using the timer on your camera. (That's one of my grandmother's cameos. Cute, no?)


The back of the bolero really shows off the feather and fan pattern. (Sorry for the partially obstructed view -- again, I'm not that adept at using the automatic timer on the camera).


So I've been feeling a little bad about criticizing Fabric Save-a-thon in my last post. Please don't think I'm a snob or nasty to salespeople -- I worked at Joann Fabrics for a few months and endured awful, awful customers. I just don't want to be insulted when I'm making a purchase!

Oh, and if anyone is interested in deconstructing the new Transformer movie, well, here you go.