More domestication!

My bread entries seemed to have sparked some mild interest in this blog, so I will try to give the people what they want. Of course, what the people really want is lushly created historically informed 18th century performance, but it seems that this desire is buried deep in the subconscious. Perhaps what the particular people who read this blog also want to see is:

My new sweater creation!


(I am actually liking using photo booth for these silly kinds of photos. Much easier than taking them off the camera, and my inability to light a photo properly would have happened anyway.)

It is supposed to be some kind of short Danish Brocade Blouse, Short Version (thanks "Knitting in the Old Way!"), but I turned it into a kind of color-stranded, empire-waisted, vaguely 19th century folk-looking (to me) vesty type sweater. This will be the third time I've attempted to make the high collar-- both of the other times I've made the hole too small for my bulbous head. Then, since the Short Version length is actually REALLY short, ending at the top of my natural waist, and I don't have a supply of high-waisted Danish skirts, I will rip out the bottom to make to make the sweater a more reasonbale length. But I am loving the design! And the color-stranded band is quite fetching, no?

It's all knit with the super-yummy alpaca yarn from near my parents' house. From animals I met and petted!!