When life ain't pretty

Anti-Vogue

This autumn I took the advice from Vogue and rushed out to buy the seasons must have blacks and greys, it was something of a makeover for my wardrobe which really didn't contain any black! I have worn plenty of sobre colours in the past, pre-children my working wardrobe consisted of mostly dark shades and I am sure I wore nothing but black at some point in my teens. However, the last 7 or 8 years have been full of colours, pinks, greens, blues and following this initial rush to embrace the seasons fashion I have decided I miss colour which makes me very glad to have finished this.

Betty, from Rowan 38, in beloved Yorkshire Tweed, shade Skip, bought for a song on Ebay. I really like this one, it fits well, I made the small size, I love the colour and it is so lovely and warm. The pattern was simple to follow and inspite of every other row involving an increase into each stitch it was quite a quick knit. The stitch pattern makes quite a heavy weight fabric which means it is really a sort of cardigan jacket, very handy for me. I finished this at the start of the week and have already worn it several times and indeed was complimented on it today.

Prior to casting on for this project I did my usual google search for any blogland images of the project. I couldn't find a single finished picture which began to worry me, why didn't anyone else want to knit this? Now that I have finished Betty I still have no idea why no one else made it because I think it is a great knit, I do hope I am not deluding myself! Since casting on I have discovered that Cecile is also knitting Betty, the colour she is using looks lovely and I do hope she likes hers as much as I like mine.