forever21 mustard sweater j crew belt h & m thrifted skirt bertie’s thrifted boots
if i may offer you a piece of advice: on the occasion when you desire to take pictures of an outfit… don’t do it right after a big meal. also, i’m not sure this skirt is around for the long haul. even though i’ve owned it for several years, i can count on one hand the number of times i’ve worn it. i tossed it in the remix as one of my stretch pieces, and i think post-remix it’s time to admit defeat. summery h & m skirt: we gave it a shot, but we just don’t suit.
i forgot about my shout out to the other laaaaadies for the last couple o’ days (sorry girls!), so go catch up with them: rebecca, ness, and tara!
i went thrifting the other day, and as a matter of course, i checked out the ‘crafts’ section, which usually consists of maybe 2 skeins of primary colored acrylic yarn. but! guess what i found:
a skein of really old school manos del uruguay! i have no idea when it’s from (though the copyright says 1977), but i think it’s pretty cool (as well as being grey, which is pretty much golden in my book).
in other knitting news:
i cast on for the stockholm scarf! i’ve been meaning to make it for.ev.er. i don’t know what’s been holding me back. some of the time it’s because i’ve been working on something else, and some of the time it’s because i couldn’t make yarn decisions. this was one of about 4 options. but this particular yarn (which i overdyed back in the day), i have really never had any other ideas for. i’m not 100% sure how i feel about how it’s knitting up. my problem is that i might love yarn with lots o’ colors in the skein, but i am super-dooper picky about how they knit up. what do you think of it?
Love the scarf, love the yarn, love the outfit.
Eliza, you are a superb summer outfit wearer. It must be your season.
i really truly have always had the hardest time in summer. layers are my friend! but maybe i’m actually starting to figure out how to dress myself, after a year of blogging about it?
while looking at the skirt close up, I totally thought: ‘that’s not an Eliza skirt…’ but I can understand how all teh colours make it versatile to wear with anything on top! I love skinny belts on sweaters, and your Stockholm scarf is looking awesome!
right? the pattern is super versatile! i have like three more outfits i could use it for in this remix! maybe it’s time for me to start questing for a similarly versatile skirt that feels more ‘me’…
glad you like the stockholm! ^_^
you thrifted MANOS? what?how?awesome!
i couldn’t possibly tell you how. i have no idea how someone could bring an untouched skein of manos to a thrift store. must’ve been a non-knitter/crocheter (we should come up with a catchy name for non-knitter/crocheters. like ‘muggle’. except i think that might already be taken.)
I love the skirt! I can see why it’s troublesome, though. Love the sweater too. AND all the yarn, of course! Vintage yarn that isn’t acrylic! Who knew!
It’s going to be something fabulous, I can see it now.
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