Comments | blue_mai: dressing

blue_mai

dressing

Apr 25, 2015 08:52

I've always had trouble with cardigans. They seem like a useful kind of garment, but they haven't liked me. Other than a chunky rib knit men's one that i used to wear over another big jumper on cold school uniform days, they've never been part of my wardrobe, even though i sometimes dress up (particularly if I'm wearing a dress, maybe to a wedding ( Read more... )

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shermarama April 25 2015, 09:03:16 UTC

I still haven't achieved being able to carry off a cardigan, and know what you mean about them feeling too Woman; therefore I respect the achievement, but am still uncertain about whether I want to be able to do it myself.

blue_mai April 25 2015, 10:56:25 UTC

Yeah. It's with some surprise that I look at myself in the mirror and see that I have become a Woman.

Although today, I am wearing a newish dress (also Gap) in the current trend of slightly too high waists and slightly too pleaty skirts, coloured leggings and a hoody, and I think it's not terrible, but it's rather too girly and looks a little bit like I'm wearing Young Person's clothing...

khalinche April 25 2015, 14:26:04 UTC

Out of curiosity - do you keep a lot of your knitwear in the freezer? Is it because of moths?

blue_mai April 25 2015, 20:46:08 UTC

it varies. it is only a lot if I have discovered or suspect a moth/egg problem, then I put as much in there as possible, in 3 or 4 weeks cycles until it is all done. the cardigan lived in there because it was particularly nice. special things often hang out in the freezer. I have just put my winter coat, and a scarf and hat my sister knitted for me in there for the summer. the rest of my wools live in a plastic storage bag which is mostly okay, but because of hazards like opening/closing, and at some point it got a hole, there are occasional moth disasters. if I have any suspicions about an item (might just be that it's been left out in the room for a while as I wear/wash things slowly, or maybe it was washed and hung to dry outside, it's a bit arbitrary) then it goes in the freezer for a few weeks for quarantine, then to the airing cupboard for a few days to dry properly, then back in with general woollens storage.