Mr Poopers Day Out

Another knit finished (actually I have a few finished but nothing blog worthy).

Please excuse the crappy picture. I don’t know why it came out like that.

This was a very soothing, no brainer knit. I loved it. Whipped right by & flew off the needles and all that nonsense.

Pattern: Leaf T (I like Lace Leaf T better but whatever)

Needles: US 5’s for the whole thing, even ribbing (it calls for a 6 but I like the tigher knit)

Yarn: Cascade 220 in turquoise. (I know it doesn’t look really turquoise in these pictures but it is.)

Mods: Probably about a billion. Basically this pattern only goes up to a size 40 bust. That just isn’t happening for me. (WHY O WHY DESIGNERS CAN’T YOU BE BOTHERED TO DO THE MATH FOR ME?! WHY BE A DICK?!) anywho. I cast on the required number of stitches and kept increasing until I reached 90 for each sleeve & 120 for back & front. Then I just did what you do on a raglan. No waist shaping because it didn’t need it. This yarn is very elastic & hugs just the way I like.

Mmmm Leafy.

This picture is true to color. See the difference? Who knows. I didn’t have enough time this morning to mess with it. Though I do like the emerald color. O_O

Over all I’m extremely happy with this knit. The lace was fun & super duper easy which is always rewarding & the yarn was easy to work with.

I do have to pull out my soap box a little bit here though. I am a big fan of sweater knitting. I love it. I find them very rewarding.  But the more I cruise ravelry the more I see a disturbing trend among us ladies. See when you pose for your sweater pictures it seems that 1/2 our knitting population is either sans bra or don’t know that the straps are adjustable.

Ladies. Give your girls a helping hand. Lift them up off your rib cage & support them. See the picture above? Yeah, I have big tatas AND I can keep them up. Crazy concept right? I mean the physics involved would BLOW YOUR MIND.  Please ladies, go invest in a good bra (or 4). 50 bucks is not to much to spend on giving your girls a lift. It will make you look 10 pounds thinner, make your shirts look better & make YOU feel better.

I mean if I can lift and separate a cup size of an E you can definitely lift up your B’s C’s & D’s with out problems. Plus, you can still buy the pretty bras (which I totally hate you for by the way, my “fancy” bras are plain black).  Do yourself (and me) a favor. I can’t keep my mouth shut forever, I’m kind of a jerk*, sooner or later I will start pointing out random saggy tata occurrences and I won’t be nice enough to black bar your eyes like Glamour.

*actually I’m kind of a huge jerk and I will point and laugh.