WIP | For Better or Worse

When I was about 12 years old, I talked my mother into buying me a suit.

It consisted of what I now know was a Chanel-style jacket and a very plain skirt. The original price was steep, but because it was very late in the season, it was radically reduced and almost within the range she’d set before we ventured out to shop.

Both pieces were knit from a very fine wool. The skirt was solid gray, but the jacket featured a tweedy combination of cream, camel and gray trimmed with gray edging. The clean, classic lines and sophisticated color combinations were definitely not a typical preteen look. 

I adored that outfit and wore it for years. It also revealed an essential truth: My fascination with knitted fabric and love of muted neutrals are woven into my DNA.

Fast forward to today.

For better or worse, I’ve been planning another afghan using this combination of Cotton Fleece yarn:

For better or worse, I decided to do something a bit different, so I started swatching and experimenting in the background. After all, if you dig deeply enough, there are a number of fast, easy and reversible stitches to choose from, right?

For better or worse, I finally buckled down and got started.

Yep. At the last minute, I returned to my roots and cast on for another tone-on-tone Fluted Rib afghan, this time in warm, earthy neutrals.

I simply couldn't resist the desire to see how the stitch and pattern would work in muted colors. For better or worse.

Update: Twegen, the pattern for this fast and easy reversible afghan has been released.