When I'm at home I wear comfy clothes. Trackies or Pyjama pants, ugg boots and a comfy jumper. No bra, no glasses and no rings. I am very particular about my comfy jumper. It has to be loose and warm and just right. For the last few years it has been the Treetops jumper. I don't know when this became my go-to jumper, but it's looking rather tired. When I saw Blanko - the day it was released - I queued it immediately. Something about the shape of it just looked so snuggly and comfortable. I bought yarn when we were in Adelaide, and decided it was the perfect pattern to knit on our recent Sri Lanka trip.
I was right about that! It was quite mindless, just kilometres of grey stocking stitch in the round. No shaping, no variations.
Here's a pic from the second last day.
By the time we got on the plane I was most of the way down the second arm. On the plane I got sick. I didn't read, or knit I just sat as still as humanly possible and waited for it to be over. Additionally I was cold, so I decided to wear my almost finished jumper. I learnt two things - it is deliciously warm and the sleeve I finished was too short. So when we got home I spent four days sorting that out.
It was worth it though - look at these sleeves, you could put a Pekinese in there!
I had a lot of left over yarn, so I knit a pair of Andrea Mowry's Bear Paw socks.
I knit them very long, so they can be sloughy or folded over. I think they will be very useful, since I don't like to spin in my uggies, and we are getting too cold for bare feet.
They do have ribbed soles, which is odd, and surprised me by being comfortable to walk on.
I bought a pair of checked flannel pants to match the whole outfit.
And now it's getting chilly and I can report that, even though the yarn is 4ply, because it is merino, silk and yak it is light but very warm. So snuggly, so comfortable. I'm ready for some couch time snuggled up in my new at home outfit.
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