Cashmere top - and cautiously exploring new territories

• Kamicha, August 11th, 2008, in finished, my style

That Habu cashmere from Purl sale found it’s form as a sporty tank top, light as feather and soft as *another cliche here*. This came out quite like I imagined it to be BUT i had the worst knitting FAIL during the finishing job. I stretched a bit tight corner of cast on row - and broke the yarn. So there was some heavy cursing and stitching with needle and thread, I dread the day when this whole thing autofrogs itself…

I really like the fit: loose, but not tentlike.

The top has a racerback, not very revealing, though. The neckhole and armholes are finished with I-cord. The top is textured with knit and purl stripes - actually this is kind of cheat, from side slits to armholes I just knitted - and turned the work every tenth row. A dream project for TV-addict…

Oh being still in pics seems to be too hard :-D. I don’t have that bulky arms, really.

The top is so lightweight that it fits under many garments - and yes, it is warm!

Oh, this jacket transfers color, away, away…

Ouch, it does not fit here… …or to be honest I don’t fit this jacket. Perhaps later on this autumn… …I love the jacket, though…

Then to my other… …diet. I’m on very strict clothes shopping diet, no slips allowed especially for impulse purchases. If I’m buying something, I should really need it - and I have to plan my purchases. I can’t complain about lack of clothes - oh girls, I’ve certainly done my share of both well planned purchases and whimsy impulse shopping. Now I’m initializing an expedition to my wardrobe, just to get those clothes to healthy circulation - or to second hand shop if I don’t find use to them.

So I have to find some useful combinations for unused clothes - and why not combine the staples in new ways. Sometimes I’m able to visionarize the new combinations by lying on our living room couch - but the results are considerably better when trying the outfits on. Feels much more secure, when there is actually need to use that combination. I’ve found that the camera is a good assistant, too. Sometimes I tend to be so blind to what I really see in mirror - for photographs I always have the distance required.

About year ago I bought this cute tunic/dress from local (well, actually Swedish) high street shop sale. Yes, I really saw that it was short… …but then again I thought that the largish size would compensate, yeah right…

And then again… …that mirror is in a slightly dark corner, so the image quality is not good. But you get the point.

Three inches to the length - and this would probably be my favourite summer dress. But now I really need something to go with this, underneath, just for decency. On the other hand my sturdy legs are constantly on bruises and I don’t especially fancy to flash them out. And I won’t change my body inflicting hobbies to get bruise free legs, thanks for asking :-D.

With trousers this looks somewhat like maternity wear. So I took a pair of leggings and slipped a short chemise underneath.

This garment was so cheap that I would put straight to my charity bag if I wouldn’t like the details of the dress so much. Look at those cute fabric covered buttons and raw edgings. The material is lovely, too, very soft cotton voilé. I have a soft spot for decent materials and well thought details.

Uhum, back to business. I’m not too into that leggings and tunic -look. At least not like this. My legs look so sturdy without heels. And heels with this… …nooooooo….

In spite of that chunky leg syndrome the overall impression is unbalanced, top heavy. So I’m using a bit twisted logic and add some volume to the bottom. Long gray ombre coloured socks and sturdy, slouchy low heeled boots. They make a nice contrast to that girly dress. I don’t want it look too coordinated - I have black boots, too, but these brown ones bring on much more interest.

Mmmhmm, I could use this. At least with a bit longer coat. The bag would definitely be black, matching to boots feels just wrong with this.