Mostly today I've been slowly (there's like 120 stitches) casting on a cowl and setting up the pattern repeat.
However, my main reason for commenting is that I think I might have accidentally become a shawl person. I like knitting shawls but I never feel that I suit them, I never know how to wear them, I think they look great on other people but not on me. But I chucked one on today to protect my shoulders when I was out in the sunshine today - it was too warm for the blazer I normally wear it with and the bag I was taking always seems to lead to sunburn in that dress, no matter how often I reapply sunscreen - so far so normal. But, I have never in my life received so many compliments in one afternoon from people I don't know, on any knitted item I've made. Several different women stopped me - in shops, in a cafe, on the train - to admire my shawl and ask if I made it myself. All at times when I wasn't knitting myself. I'm baffled but delighted. Might become a shawl person if I can figure out how to wear them without a bag to hold it in place!
So my actual question for the group. Has anyone - particularly a stranger - changed your opinion/perspective on a item you've knitted, for the better, in a big or small way?
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However, my main reason for commenting is that I think I might have accidentally become a shawl person. I like knitting shawls but I never feel that I suit them, I never know how to wear them, I think they look great on other people but not on me. But I chucked one on today to protect my shoulders when I was out in the sunshine today - it was too warm for the blazer I normally wear it with and the bag I was taking always seems to lead to sunburn in that dress, no matter how often I reapply sunscreen - so far so normal. But, I have never in my life received so many compliments in one afternoon from people I don't know, on any knitted item I've made. Several different women stopped me - in shops, in a cafe, on the train - to admire my shawl and ask if I made it myself. All at times when I wasn't knitting myself. I'm baffled but delighted. Might become a shawl person if I can figure out how to wear them without a bag to hold it in place!
So my actual question for the group. Has anyone - particularly a stranger - changed your opinion/perspective on a item you've knitted, for the better, in a big or small way?