And in full . . .
It is pretty much exactly what I suspected it would be:
Really, really comfortable.
Incredibly soft (I mean, it's baby alpaca and cashmere for crying out loud!)
Beautiful color
Perfect fit (I adjusted the pattern to make it longer in both body and sleeve length.)
Not wearable outside the house.
Why? Well, because it was knit with worsted weight yarn on size 8 needles and as I've always suspected regarding sweaters for myself any such knit would look "bulky" compared to machine knits at fine gauges.....SOOOOOO.....add that to my already "bulky" frame and it's not exactly flattering.
Even though I TOTALLY love the sweater, I'm afraid that if I go out of the house in it people might mistake me for a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon that got loose. Shamu in blue. It just wouldn't be pretty.
(Your first hint should have been the fact the photos of the sweater were of it laying on the floor rather than on me!)
Anyway, we'll see if I ever get up the nerve to knit something on needles small enough to make something that looks nice enough on me to wear in public. I think that would be a HECK of a lot of knitting!
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