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Conic complete

I finished Conic on Wednesday, and it was blocked and dry on Thursday night. I wore it to the pub, where we had dinner with Kat and Nick, who were in Melbourne for family and for work. So nice to catch up with far flung friends. Then I wore it to work on Friday. 
I think I'll wear it every day. Despite my earlier fears, I really like it. The Blacker yarn is half linen, half wool and it is crisp, but still has wonderful drape. Extending the sleeves worked too. They hit just below the elbow, which keeps be warm enough and also avoid the "problem" of ribbed cuffs on my considerable biceps.

  

  I love, love, love the cable down the back.
 I really like this shape, lose and batwingy an a giant circle. Leon doesn't so much he said "it looks good ...when your arms are by your sides", but I like all that fabric. Like my Strathendrick, it's a bit of a wearing blanket, although it is more summerweight than the jumper. I was planning to follow my sort of tradition of taking photos at Leon's family Christmas lunch, like we did in 2014 and 2015. I was wearing a dress that is not what I would wear this cardigan with - either the colour of the cut, but we took these photos anyway. Today we went to the National Gallery, to see the Escher exhibition. I grabbed the cardigan when walking out the door. The Gallery is still hosting Julian Opie, he of the sheep I'm obsessed with.
 I was glad to have the jumper, today is quite warm, but the gallery was very climate controlled. This is the kind of dress I would wear it with, and we were thrilled when we went into the garden at the gallery and say there were Opie sheep - not in lights, but in stone! So we took the opportunity to take some more photos. I really do love this jumper.
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