I had some highly appropriate comments
from readers on the Aran Pants post (though no one mentioned the potential itch factor or the "too warm to wear anywhere but the North Pole" factor). It did occur to me that these issues, along with those of felting and wear on the rear end, could be mitigated by knitting with Red Heart. This would, however, have the potential for exacerbating the waffle skin issue, and would probably be the only thing that could make this more of a bad idea than it already is. All in all, it's probably best to slowly back away from the pants.
I suspect the publisher was simply looking for a new and different design, one that no one had ever done before (and as far as I can tell, has never done since). I do give credit to the designer for working it all out. It can't have been easy figuring the pattern placement and shaping and grading for sizes.
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Here's another scary pattern from the same book.
(It's scarier if you click to make it big)
Although, maybe the little girl's version would be cute. And what if you ditched all of the embroidery on Mom's execpt the panels next to the cardigan opening? Nah, might work for someone, but it's definitely not me.
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That's one heck of a lot of embroidery - more than Kristin Nicholas would probably do even! I was just assuming one would compound the heat of the pants by wearing a "pants slip" - remember those?
What's really funny with regard to this pattern (and those Aran pants) is my security word today. Are you ready??
TCrud as in Totally Crud {:D
Hmmm. Probably shouldn't admit it, but those cardigans are kind of cute. I wouldn't be caught dead in one, and I'm not sure just who would wear it, but not nearly as scary as the pants.
I don't think the cardigans are all bad, but definitely not my style, either.
oh no, too cutsey for me!
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