Copy Cat

[atherleisure]

I feel like such a copy cat right now.

When I saw Natalie's robe volante at Costume College a couple of years ago, I wanted one but knew I didn't want to pay for silk to do it so I put it out of my head. Then I saw Lauren of American Duchess' post talking about making one, and it brought it back into my head. That afternoon I realized that I had suitable fabric for it. So I made one last month.

Years ago I poked around a bunch of 1930's knitted swimsuit patterns and really wanted to make one. I knew I had nowhere to wear one to so I kind of laid it aside as one of those things that would be nice to make some day but might never happen. Then koshka_the_cat started talking about making one and even started knitting it, and that brought it back into my head. I have two in-progress knitting projects and didn't need to start another one, but it made me kind of look around at patterns for awhile. I found one I liked, and I cast it on over the weekend.

At least the other things I'm making - the shawl, the Christmas stocking, the sweater, and the springed stays - aren't so copy cat. (While the springed stays are based on some Katherine made, they don't feel like I'm being weird since she made them years ago.)

Comments

[koshka_the_cat]

There's nothing wrong with being inspired! I'm excited to see your bathing suit. You'll probably finish first :)

[atherleisure]

We'll see who finishes first. I've only done about thirty rows of a narrow piece of mine so you're definitely in the lead.

[marianme]

And there seems to be waves of interest in eras and styles. So far, I’ve only seen someone a little miffed when their dress was copied almost exactly on purpose.

[atherleisure]

You're definitely right about waves of interest. It was really that I had two projects so close together that were directly inspired by other people's current random projects that made me feel weird about it.

[mala_14]

When I see people make something, it almost always makes me want to make the same kind of thing. Sounds like you have some fun projects in the works! I look forward to seeing how they go.

[atherleisure]

That is so often true. There's so much cool stuff out there to make. The problem is finding places to wear the stuff after I've made it.