A KH knitting buddy asked me [B][I]to try[/I][/B] and model my sweaters sometime, rather than just showing them on the floor, laid out flat.
Well, you know…I hate my photos…but tonight I tried to get a few decent shots…
and here are a couple photos, modeling my latest FO, the Hallett’s Ledge Cardigan.
I don’t look too bad for a plump ole gal, do I? Anyway, should have taken these photos in daylight…the sweater details would have been better…but hey…tonight was the night. My hair was done. My makeup was on. The sweater was on. Things were about as good as they were gonna get. Tomorrow I’ll be a wreck again.
Looks great…you and the sweater! :cheering: And just love that long ribbing on the sweater. I swear I’m gonna try making an adult sweater for myself someday…someday soon! Crossed Fingers
Thanks Jan! The nicest part was this: although it is Blackwater Abbey Irish Wool…it didn’t feel itchy next to my skin AT ALL.
Of course, I use the most extreme method of blocking for all Irish Wool: full immersion and soak in Unicorn Fiber Wash, followed by a full immersion rinse and soak in Unicorn Fiber Rinse…squeeze excess water out…roll in thirsty terry towels…and block out to shape…leave til bone dry.
This method of blocking will TAME any yarn! But totally necessary for Blackwater Abbey. And it submits to blocking so nicely, and looks more beautiful when dry! I can hardly believe its transformation.
BWA is particularly nice for cabled designs, and designs with a lot of intricate pattern stitching. It really pops those details!
It creates a very crisp cardigan. It doesn’t pill, EVER.
Wow! That sweater is gorgeous and all those cables are amazing! I especially love that you modeled it yourself and took your own pictures. You look fabulous in it. I truly despise seeing a pattern for a bigger-than-size-10(or 12, 16, 20 or 24!) article of clothing being modeled by someone who is obviously a size 2. I think it’s false advertising and should be outlawed!
you should do that again, model your pieces.
I always think that a lot of items just look a lot better worn than shown. I mean: we are not flat, women even less then men and kids. So how should a well fitting sweater lay flat nicely? And if: a lot of the detail will not show.
So: Well done, not just the knitting.
But I totally understand that problem of “the right moment”. You want to wear the perfect outfit (no sweatpants with a fine cardigan, no wrong shirt underneath and all that). THEN you need to have your hair done, make-up (for you and me, it seems). You have to be in the mood, often need a second person and then daylight is very good - shade on a summer day, preferably. And then, just then, you get the perfect pics. And nothing else is worthy of being taken, let alone shown.
That is why I often take pics of a lot of stuff at the same time. The moment comes along, and here goes a basket of stuff to the garden to be worn and shown.
Then all those questions of “background” - no untidy livingroom, kitchen or anything… all that. Well, I do not live in a pictureque castle to stand next to the mantle piece and I do not own a baboo forest either… so pics of me in my stuff are rare, as well. I totally understand.
Those are ALL my reasons…and in addition…even on my best day…the camera sees and reveals
all of my double chins, my lumps and bumps, my wrinkles…my lopsided everything…and all! :teehee:
Meh, it is what it is! I’m 62 and feeling every year of it!
Oh come on! I am 35 and I do have all those corners, that I do not want on camera.
And I noticed: My husband must mean the “I love you the way you are” because he takes pictures that reveal all those spots, have wrinkels in the knitting and shadows that show more than they should. But he takes and likes the pictures
But we should all relax about that. We do only look like that to ourselves. Like hearing your own voice on tape…
You DO look Great in the sweater and for 62 as well. Very nice as is all of your work. I have not seen a piece yet that wasn’t superbly done. I agree you should model more pieces that you make.
You are beautiful Dollyce!! We are always our own worst critics. Others don’t see what we zero in on. And I agree - you should model your gorgeous sweaters for us from now on!! I love seeing them on you instead of flat, incredibly beautiful tho they are. Thanks for making me smile this morning!
Thanks Ginny! The color is ‘Chestnut’. The yarn is Blackwater Abbey, a 100% Irish Wool. Chestnut isn’t a flat single shade. You can see some undertones of rust salted in. The overall affect is milk chocolate, I’d say…not dark chocolate.
I’ve received a lot of compliments on the color at our congregation! People spot those rusty undertones. I was surprised! The Blavkwater Abbey lady (Marilyn King) will send anyone a sample yarns color card for free. Just visit www.abbeyyarns.com and click on SEND ME A COLOR CARD. She takes care of business very promptly.
