Tyra Who?

I had to do some fancy finagling to get these pictures. Left to my own devices, they aren't better or worse than any other picture I've taken for this blog, so let's just call it a success. I'm an actress not a photographer! Ok...here we go. I think I gave background information on these, so now it's just eye candy...kinda...oh, and forgive the black yoga pants. I was too lazy to put on a pair of jeans.

Rowan Cable Sweater
I really like this sweater. It has a nice fit, although when I'm not perfectly posed, it's a puckery/wonky under the arm/around the shoulder. I remember having a hard time getting the sleeves set in there so that might be of the problem. I think that it accentuates my broad shoulders a little too much but if I wear it with some wider legged pants that will balance me out it will be perfectly. I guess I'll have to take some full body shots so you guys can see what I'm talking about.
A shot of the back, as you can see, the cables extend up and over the shoulder and down the back. Cute coming and going, no? I think that I used less stitches than called for in the ties, because I didn't want them too bulky. Who can remember now, it's only been like 3 weeks!

Rowan Soul
Note: Ok...remember me saying that ribbing is only for skinny girls? Well, from these pictures you'd think that they look pretty good on a girl who isn't afraid of cake for dessert or a Ice Blended Mocha with whipped cream on the regular. Well go figure, for some reason it actually looked pretty good on me today. A few weeks ago when I tried it on, it was 'OoOOoOOoo girl, Hell to the NO.' Hmmm...maybe having Pinkberry for dessert and only having a No Sugar Added Ice Blended Mocha with no whip on special occasions is a good thing.

Someone had asked about how I would wear this. I tried it with a few things from the closet to see what would work best. Let's see what you think.

Original Look
*Cute with the little lace tank. Skinny girl + Ribbing = "That's so cute! I'll make it!"

Look #1
Soul in its natural state. Hmmm...not bad.

Look #2
I stuck a cute fitted polka dot shirt under just to see how it would look. Now I probably wouldn't wear this together [the dots are red and with the hot pink Soul it looked a little random]. Since the shirt is so fitted, it didn't get bulky, which is good. If I had a solid shirt like this, I might rock this look, but I'd try it with the shirttails tucked into my pants.

Look #3
With an extra long white t-shirt underneath. Don't really like this look too much. Maybe with a different t-shirt color. It certainly does make my boobs look huge...but it could be the angle.

Look #4
This is as close to the original styling I could get...and probably my favorite, so I'm posting two pictures. It seems Rowan doesn't screw up the styling of the knitwear all the time [with the exception of trying to make all knitwear world a bra-free utopia].

Nice chevroning on the side! Hmmm...maybe I won't rip it out afterall.

Rebecca Powder Jacket
As you can see, the All Seasons Cotton in Military arrived and was immediately put to work. I wasn't sure when I cast on if I was 100% on the color. But Smoochy talked me into it. Just kidding. The color was a little less green and a little more gray than I expected, but I thought it would still be cutesy without being cutesy and girlie. And I have to admit, sometimes when I read instructions that tell me I'll have to pick up 142 stitches and bind off 238, I tend to forget that I like something...just on principle. Well, it only took 3 times to pick up the 142 and I just cast off the 238 stitches...it actually wasn't that bad. Getting through all 35 cm was tedious to say the least, but I'm glad I didn't chicken out. Now on to picking up 142 stitches for the bodice. Fun.

New Year, Old Projects

I came to the end of my 3rd ball in Lady Eleanor, and decided the she and I needed some 'alone' time.

So...what to work on?
Well, let's dig through the pending basket and see what's still on the needles.

1. Soul - I'm actually almost done with this. I think that I'm on the last few increases before a few centimeters of straight-away and then the big bind off. Lady E is getting pretty heavy, so Soul may become my travel project.

2. Butterfly - Still in the cocoon. Not even ready to face that one.

3. Snowball's Chance in Hell Scarf - Oh...yeah, two years in the making. I have a new ball to add on and continue in stockinette for yards and yards and yards.

4. Ariann - This was getting so heavy my arms ached from working on it. Since I bought yarn and needles specifically for this project, I'm certainly going to finish it...and probably give it to gf.

5. Rebecca Wrap Sweater - I'm finally sucking it up and facing my fears. And y'know what? It only took a few moments to figure out the problem. The number of stitches I bound off was short by 2, because I misread the neck decrease section. Not only that, I utilized the bind off instructions for Soul, which ate up another 4 stitches on each side. Um...maybe having 5 projects on the needles at once isn't wise. So, I've already corrected the problem on one side and am getting ready to fix the other. Then some shoulder and side seaming, armhole installation and picking up those 250+ neckline stitches.

Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on my last post...I love you all...until you drop me off your Bloglines subscription. You can tell me I'm boring, we're all friends here. ;)