Shallow, Clothes Oriented Post

[ceebeegee]

Today I'm wearing a cream-colored sweater that I found last weekend at my Mom's--inside the collar is a label that reads "From the Needles of Dorothy Hix*," my great-aunt who died last month. She knit it for my mother in the '50s and this is classic, vintage '50s with 3/4 sleeves, high waist and a demure little collar. I'm wearing it with the top two buttons undone and nothing on underneath to merge the demure with the sexy. My hair is long and straight with a jeweled butterfly clip to hold it back on one side, plus very simple makeup.



*Isn't that darling? I love that she knit as well as me, and that she has her own labels just as I do. However, mine say "Hand Knit by Clara Barton Green" and they have little hearts on them. Her technique was fierce--the ribbing is especially noteworthy (there's cable in the ribbing).

Comments

[wonderpanther.livejournal.com]

That is cool that you have your own labels!

[mollyx.livejournal.com]

That sounds adorable. I have to see it.
I'm starting to get a little knit happy these days. I'm carrying my knitting with me to work and I'm almost finished with my very first project. A free-hand scarf. It's not much, but it's a start.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I finished Doug's Hat. I'll post a picture later. We should maybe get together this weekend for a knit-a-thon--I'll be in Hoboken most of the weekend.

[mollyx.livejournal.com]

Moving, packing. That is my weekend.
I'll have to stop on Sunday for acting class, but that's about it. If we can find some break time, I'll be glad to.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

My dad got them for me when I knit him a vest. I love showing off my label to people (that sounds ssssalacious) when they compliment me on something I've made.