Why I knit (and sew for that matter).

Yesterday one of the bosses took a bunch of us to a luncheon for professional administrative assistants day (that would be secretary's day for the un PC of us). It is an anual lunch held by Planned Parenthood to raise funds for their cancer program (they treat women with breast and cerivical cancer on a sliding scale-- those women who couldn't get the treatments elsewhere due to lack of money-- good cause people-- good cause).

Besides the wonderful lunch and a fun fashion show, there are also raffel prizes. I happened to win a gift certificate to a high end clothin botique that I would normally never enter. Of course I had to hurry over there right after work before I woke up and learned that someone else had actually won and I was delusional as usual.

I anticipated purchasing a foundation piece for my work wardrobe and was suprisingly dissappointed to learn that the buyer for this store is a Paris Hilton protagee(sp?). I found one skirt that I would have loved if not for the pattern of the fabric that it was made out of (but I do think I can copy it with my trusty Singer) and one sweater that I might have considered as it was on sale if it wasn't the last one and not my size. The sweater (or shwrap I guess you could call it) was a basic black version of this version which is provided by Caron. Ironically, I've seen this in their magazine adds all winter long and both my sister and I have comented on what a great sweater it is, but until I saw a monitary value placed on it, I kept forget to look for the pattern (I should warn anyone else who loves it-- it's not on Caron's site, I had to e-mail them and ask them for it and they are the ones who call it a shwrap. I will keep a close eye on the bottom line when I make this (keeping track of both materials and hours spent on it) because the finished product in a smooth (prpbably wool blend) light-weight yarn with no edging detail cost $390. originally. I am sure I can do better than that. I should also mention that the fronts can be draped over your shoulder instead of tied-- like a wrap.