I’m done with another project for Shokay that I am also submitting to Knitty for Fall. I knit it in the earth colorway which is I think my favorite (I know I say that about every color) and it is soft, cuddly and a perfect piece for autumn. I hate that I can’t share more details, but those are the rules and if it doesn’t get chosen for the hallowed pages of Knitty I will offer it here.

So, I really debated over what size I would knit the model in when it came time to cast on. As you know, I have a friend who models for me on occasion who is very lovely and a perfect size XS to boot. So it’s a given that she is going to look good in anything she wears.

Well, I have this thing about seeing designers who are willing to wear their own stuff. I think that a person should be willing to wear something they designed. Now before I go on I do have to say that I’m not taking anything away from big name designers that produce things specifically for models. In fact, I’d kill to be in their illustrious and very fashionable shoes, but some of my favorite designers are the ones we see in the pages of Knitty, proudly wearing their own creations. So it would make sense that from time to time I should attempt to model my own things, right?

Well I am no size XS. I am a happy, healthy, very comfortable in my own skin size L on good days and XL on the less than good ones. I’m short and I have a real butt, real boobs and a post c-section tummy. I’m by no means perfect, but how many women really are anyway? and getting back into shape is on my to-do list, but even in my ideal body I would choose curves–they’re okay with me. So I decided what the hell. There are lots of women out there that might actually appreciate my attempts.

So the banker, the girls, and I went off on a photo shoot adventure. I live in a lovely place with tons of good scenery–we settled on an old sugar mill that has been turned into a little park. First of all, it is hot out right now. So imagine sweltering Texas summer and me in a yak garment suitable for fall. Not a comfy sitch to be in (I ASSURE YOU), and then of course I didn’t count on a new batch of some kind of fuzzy caterpillars that I’ve never even seen before attached to every available surface. I was all creeped out and then when you factor in the number of times I stopped to see that there were no crawlers on Cupcake, and add that to the number of times the banker had to stop mid-photo to brush creepers of the Ladybug, we had an eventful afternoon. So we got the requisite shots and I’m obsessing whether they will do.

I’m getting that emailed over to Amy by the end of the week and then I’m planning to knit a Shokay version of Hey Mickey and Zodiac, and I think I’m going to add a few mods to the Zodiac pattern so keep an eye out. I’m going to really enjoy blogging about knitting I can actually show you again. Woo hoo.