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| Stripes must be matched...or else |
I came across this lovely knit from EOS. Then I saw this line and burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?", Mr. Hunting Creek asked.
"Look," I said, showing him. "Stripes must be matched."
"That's kind of bossy." he said. "What if you don't want to? Do they make you sign a paper before you buy it, agreeing to match the stripes?"
"It makes me want to NOT MATCH them," I said. "Not match them on purpose. You aren't the BOSS OF ME French red/mint/chartreuse graphic stripe knit!."
There are many ways to not match stripes on purpose, and I spent some delightful time imagining them. Cutting some pieces on the bias and some horizontally and some vertically. Color blocking with a solid or a print. I'm sure I can think of more if I put my mind to it. So thanks, bossy French knit. You've given me some great ideas. How many ways can we not match stripes and still make a harmonious composition?? That may be a good puzzle for 2014.
2 comments:
Hahaha - that's pretty funny! I love seeing when other people have a similar sense of humor to mine.
I saw an awesome dress on a blog last year sometime in a really wide, multi-coloured stripe. She had offset each stripe so that the blocks of colour alternated and it was awesome---way more interesting than matching.
I'd argue that that narrow and busy a stripe doesn't really need to be matched at all! :) that instruction certainly makes me want to notatch them at all! :)
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