The great thing about creating your own knitted clothing is, when you get tired of it you don't have to give it away. That's a big deal for me. I'm not good at giving things away because I always get really nostalgic and assign lots of meaning to inanimate objects. I struggle with this daily in my small apartment. I even have clothes I used to wear in high school, which was now 7.5 years ago. But I still wear them! Why give them away? I've got both the top and barrett I wore to go see my first crush in his high school play Grease, both with butterflies. My mom had gotten that barrett to put in my Christmas stocking, but gave it to me early cause she knew how big my crush was. I also still have the receipt from the grocery from when I was buying picnic supplies for a date at Ravinia with my current boyfriend. So, I know from these stories it sounds like everything I save is related to boys, but that's not true. The point is, I put the meaning in the product. Maybe that's why I decided to become a product designer.

This photo is of my einstein coat. The pattern really is a genius design by Sally Melville. The problem is, it is gigantic and I'm not. This coat is no more. It is now a bag of yarn balls. But, I will not be sad for long. It will soon transform into another coat, much more form fitting and adorable.

It was funny, because I went to the yarn shop the other day, looking for yarn for this jacket. The whole time I was looking for something that would turn out similarly to the coat. I loved how the stitch definition would look. Not only could I not find anything, but I was realizing the hefty price I would have to pay for 900 meters of yarn (not that I don't know the cost of yarn, but I don't think about it often). When I arrived home, I knew what I had to do. I mean, I never even wear the einstein coat! It still took me a few hours before I actually had the guts to begin unraveling. But I'm glad I did.