How dorky are you?

Dorky enough to be enchanted by self-striping dishcloth cotton?

Guilty.

Dorky enough to go to school with Cindylou Who hair for Dr. Seuss day?

Well, no, but my daughter is.

I'm dorky enough to have conceived and executed the style, which held up all day due to a small paper cone and half a bottle of hair spray.

It is my theory that dorks are altogether happier than their hipper counterparts.  When you stop caring about what's cool (or you never really understood it anyway), you are free to just do your thing and disregard the idea that somebody might be judging.  Let 'em stare, we're busy having fun over here.  (Truly cool people might suspect I'm rationalizing here, but I guess they'll never know for sure.)

The benefit of being sick as a dog for over 2 weeks and not blogging is that I actually have some stuff to show you.  Since we last spoke, I have knitted an entire sweater!  Okay, it is knit of Thick & Quick on size 13 needles, but it is still a whole garment.  (Minus buttons, which I still have to hunt for.)

This is the "Bold and Bulky Mini Cardi" from Stephanie Japel's  Fitted Knits. For a "quick" knit, it actually took forever, but that is mostly because I'd knit 2 rows and fall asleep.  Now that I don't require 12-14 hours sleep per day, I expect my knitting production to increase.

Can you see the cool shaping in the center back?  That's the "fitted" part.  Sizing for this is a little tricky.  I made the largest size, which fits snugly around my ribcage, but is a little loose in the bust and shoulders.  I suspect one size down with one or two less shaping rows might have been better.

The yarn requirements listed were also off for me.  I was supposed to need 4 skeins of the main color, but 3 was plenty, even after I added 6 rows to the body for extra length.  The pattern called for one skein of the contrast color, but I ran short and had to start into skein #2, which I luckily had handy.

The buttonholes are massive.  I suspect I'll need 2" monster buttons.  Red?  White?  I am hoping to wear this sweater with a blue and white wrap dress that I love but is too light for March wear alone.

Finally, I tackled square #2 last night, writing down each row as I went.  It is almost done, obviously will need to be blocked.  Then I'll ruminate on my second design.  I hope to knit up squares 3 & 4 over the next two days.  I will be chaperoning a government class trip to Columbus - lots of bus time!

I solemnly swear to post again before March is over.  (You gotta set goals for yourself!)

Comments

[KTMay]

Wow....so glad to see you coming back to us. Was starting to worry.

Knitting is lovely, but does not compare to your Cindylou hair design. Amazing.

[Asaknitter]

Loving the cool shaping on the back - nicely done!

[Karen in Toledo]

So glad you're feeling better! The red sweater is so awesome, Becky. Buttons? I say big red or blue buttons. Or red/blue combo. I had a student with really long hair use a 2-liter bottle to make marge simpson hair for crazy hair day! LOL

[Lisa]

I think dorks are the truly cool ones. (at least that is what I keep telling myself when I am frequently called a dork lol)
Great hair!

[Pam]

Love the socks! Self-striping cloths?...you betcha! And when you run out of other things to knit, let me know, there's a couple of comfort blankets being put together in Canada.
As a hairdresser, I commend you on your 'do! Wanna come and teach some of my stylists how to go about putting hair "up"? Not too sure my clients would want a cone attached to their heads tho'.