When I realized, rather late in the semester that I would be walking in the graduation ceremony at my university in May, I scrambled to put together an outfit to wear for the big day. A dress, of course, with teal tights, shoes and accessories. But strapless dresses just beg for some sort of mini jacket. So I started searching for patterns.
And found this maui shrug pattern.
I had a friend pick up Red Heart Soft yarn in teal, two balls, and got to work on a medium shrug. I pulled it out twice, as the pattern wasn't as clear as it could be, but eventually figured it out and started cranking. I didn't keep the tension perfect, so one end was wider than the other in the end, making one sleeve larger in the end. It ended up a little long from sleeve-end to sleeve-end, but it was exactly what I wanted.
Which would have been perfect if they hadn't sold out of the dress before I had the chance to purchase it. So I ended up wearing something else entirely to graduation. When the dress was finally back in stock, I nabbed it (the last one to ever be sold from the original distributor). By that time, the clip and earrings had gone to another lucky lady, so the dream pretty much fell apart. And then the final nail was my mother telling me the colors didn't go together.
I've never listened to anyone else about color or pattern choices I make, but it still hurt to have gone through all the effort to be told it was wasted on the people to see it. I still love the mustard/brown/teal combination and keep looking for opportunities to show off the outfit.
Pictures to come.
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