Interweave Pattern Store: Frustration and delight

[msmcknittington]

Browsing the Interweave Press pattern store is a mixture of "ooh, pretty!" and "crivens! ma heid!". (Yep, I checked Wee Free Men out of the library today. When will my love for ridiculously thick Scottish accents end? Never, I hope!) Like the Henley Perfected? Way, way incredibly cute. Lace and Tuck Ensemble? I've been intending to make that since 2004. (Um, but I haven't. Because . . . I haven't.) Molly Ringwald? Cute!

But the bandeaus? Yes, that's plural. Why would you do that? Even if you have the most beautiful breasts on earth, it just looks like you got halfway done with a sweater and decided not to finish. Also, magenta/green plaid pants with a red/orange/green/yellow top? The stylist must be blind. Orbit Lace? It looks like someone took some Barbara Walker lace medallions and slapped them on a tube. I'm tired of circle jacket doilies, too.

And, let I forget it, the ugliest thing I've ever seen published in Interweave Knits.

Does anyone else think this model looks like she should be smoking a cigarette while working on her third Long Island Iced Tea, and then going on a rant about how her husband is a lousy lover?

In other news, I just ate a moldy bing cherry. No wonder they were 60-percent off. At least I get to enjoy having a purple tongue and lips for a while. I feel kind of like a polar bear.

_{*I can't believe Annie Modesitt failed me! Twice!}

Comments

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

I can see how you could feel that way. I wear a camisole or t-shirt under all my sweaters, though, so I don't have a problem with that.

[ferret-herder.livejournal.com]

I would too, but with an item like that I'd worry about bunching or otherwise not looking like it fit well. It seems like it's a very slim-fitting sweater.

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Ah, most of my camisoles are of the stretch-knit, skintight variety. I don't think I really own anything that isn't pajamas that could be considered baggy.