we (the royal we) are merely a bit of primping away from finishing the ed bacon bust. as for "sizzling", we (the royal we) actually did a bit of that too -- as i tried to steam ed's collar down with a not-so-good iron and put a bit of burn on his shirt. ah well. although painfully fussy about some things, there are other things i can live with.
isn't he gorgeous? i mean, admit it. HE'S GORGEOUS. those front shoulder seams are a little wonky and then there's the little iron burn but hell doesn't it make him MARVELOUSLY working class? like a certain little city i know? that he designed? hmmm?
as usual i got a ton of help at
rosie's yarn cellar
. once i had the head done i really did need pretty regular consultations about the shoulder base and the oxford shirt, and of course, i got all the help i needed.
BUT. yes. it's true. this blue yarn for ed's shirt i did purchase -- THEREBY BRIEFLY AND PURPOSEFULLY BREAKING THE MORATORIUM ON YARN BUYING -- a week ago. RECIDIVISM! YES!
i am back on the wagon now. it was not the same thing as, say, just buying some yarn that i didn't have any plans for but that i "couldn't live without" because it was so "yummy". nothing anybody offered me -- and people did offer -- looked the way i wanted the shirt to look. and i did what i had to do for my project! i make the rules, i break the rules (giving the finger boldly to the .5% of readership that doubts it.)
undoubtedly my tone tells you that we are in major celebration mode here, over ed. heck, even flannery had a couple of chocolate bars to celebrate! (and that's because my ex-husband is an idiot who leaves chocolate all over his house, at dog-height. the vet says she will be fine.)
ed isn't going to be living here much longer, i don't think, but more on that later. this weekend, he is going to LOVE park for a photo shoot by our photographer friend lou. lou works with vintage cameras -- i don't think he owns a camera that doesn't have a baffle on it. i'm sure i'll have those special portraits to post before long -- and an update on where ed's headed!