from the "what were they thinking?" department of handknits

[firecat]

http://www.theyarnco.com/images/knits/popup/suede_fringe_skirt_lg.jpg

Comments

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Some things do not have to be knit. Now I need to go fondle some Socks that Rock to make me feel better.

[firecat]

greatest icon evar.

[kshandra]

How sad is it that I actually came up with a use for that? This year's Burning Man theme is "The Green Man," but grass skirts (MOOPtastic things that they are) are highly discouraged. This piece of fug solves that nicely.

It still deserves to go up on You Knit What? Part Two (and I'm so thrilled that someone took up the needles when the original You Knit What? closed).

[firecat]

Yay! I should have known that BM is beyond the singularity as far as fashion is concerned.

Thanks for letting me know that You Knit What is back! ...um... I think. I submitted it.

[dreamalynn.livejournal.com]

Does it make my taste suspect that I would like it, if it were a completely different color? (I'm thinking a mauve-y heathered purple.) I don't know, I'm not fringe adverse. I have something quite similar to this jacket, but in purple (http://www.blanchesplace.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/L152-preview.jpg) and I don't know if it still fits but I felt like a size 28 goddess the last time I sported it. And I spun around. A lot.

[firecat]

I like that jacket. For me a line or two of fringe can add something to a garment that's made out of a fairly solid fabric like suede or felt.

But the skirt is knit out of the same material that the fringe is made out of and there's too much fringe and it looks all messy.

It's certainly possible that some people could rock it, though!

[dreamalynn.livejournal.com]

In looking more at it, I can see where it's a bit much, but maybe for going out dancing. I'm all in favor of impractical clothing for nights out. :D

[weirdodragoncat.livejournal.com]

eww....that is *ugly*!

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

Weirdly, I like it. But then again, I've always had an irrational love for all things fringy.

[firecat]

*happily imagines okoshun in flapper attire*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I would totally wear that, if it weren't made of dead cow. sogwife likes it, too.

[firecat]

It's actually made of Berroco suede yarn, which is nylon:

http://www.berroco.com/yarns/suede.html

[pogodragon.livejournal.com]

It would *definitely* be head turning as they say in the description.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Wha--?

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

I don't think it looks bad, but it does look like something you'd see at the Museum of Anthropology. I wouldn't wear it to work, but heck ...