by --Deb
11.14.2008
There is a difference between a knitted jacket meant to be worn as outerwear and one meant to be part of an outfit. Or one that’s a sweater. A daily outfit changes so often, you can switch from casual to dressy to serious to playful all depending on your mood. But outerwear is more constant–it tends to be something you wear every day, every time you leave the house for months at a time. It’s defining. It’s like the difference between buying eccentric, trendy furniture or buying classic furniture and dressing it with eccentric, playful throws, pillows, and artwork on the walls.
So–when you pick your outerwear, do you buy classic “furniture” or the flash-in-the-pan, trendy stuff?
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by --Deb
11.07.2008
The author says in the introduction, “For me, both fashion and knitting serve a common purpose–the opportunity for creative, wearable self-expression–and it was in that spirit that I created this book.”
Job well done, is all I can say.
The patterns in this book are exactly what you’d expect from the title–stylish, and classic. Or, rather, inspired by the classic.
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