remember when i said i was going to make myself a sweatshirt for my bday with this orange and pink houndstooth poly knit? well, it's now november and my bday is in august... so don't think i'm only late on gifts for others. "do to others as you would have them do to you."
this project was rather unpleasant; i should have figured as much given that the instructions said it was advanced. there was much topstitching. here is the back yoke. i did my best to line up the little houndstooth (houndsteeth? hehe):
the pattern called for buttons along the front yoke. i wasn't sure whether to do fabric-covered buttons or pale pink ones. since the houndstooth is so loud, i opted for pink ones that mom got for me ages ago at a dollar store. thanks, mom!
the color is actually ridiculously bright, identical to in the first picture. this last one and the next one are from my phone as it was dying (and thus the flash would not turn on). front view:
a good fit was rather difficult to achieve. i'm very short and narrow, and thus i had to lop a lot off the sides and bottom. i had to try it on a million times, even in my blue striped pj pants, hehe.
i first wore the top on sunday on an excursion to storm king, the sculpture garden in rockland county. i was rather proud of how i styled the top: black skinny jeans, low grey boots, black puffy vest. i subjected eric to a hell of a photoshoot, hehe. (pretend i'm smiling like a normal person here, as i sit atop the storm king wall, probs illegally...)
of course i wore a similar outfit to school on monday, but with different jeans. my friend amanda tried her best to snap a flattering pic of me, but alas, failure:
the camera lens on my phone had a fingerprint on it. we tried for another pic. failure again:
i'm just not skilled at posing. i also need a haircut. on the bunks front, he's really been into these dance parties to which i subject him. hehe. here he is wondering when i'm going to pick him up:
happy belated bday to me!
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