Winter Warmth

So this is a very much at home look. A long handknit jumper over old cords and of course, for warm feet and total comfort, black fluffy slippers. What the best dressed always wear at home. And of course, to complete the picture of elegance, a supremely bad hair day. This is a pretty seedy looking me, because I took the pictures while I was still recovering from the nasty virus that did the rounds a few weeks ago. My hair was overdue for a cut, and has now been tidied up, I am pleased to say. Anyway, enough about my sub standard appearance in this post. Time to talk about the jumper. I have stashed wool for some years now and have quite a few balls in various colours that are too much for oddments knitting and not enough for a whole garment. I mean why did I have 8 balls of 8 ply navy and 6 balls of black 8 ply navy? 50 gm balls, in case you were wondering. It needs a minimum of 10 to 11 to make an 8 ply cardigan or jumper. So I decided I wanted to rid myself of these