And I'm cold.
And I appear to be knitting socks.
So I went to a big box store yesterday and pretty much immediately spotted as close to the exact vest I wanted - on sale no less! - as I was likely to find anywhere, which I took as a sign. It's mostly what I needed, in that it's grey and very long and slim and hides any excess chocolate consumption, and some of what I don't, in that it's 100% acrylic and seems to pick easily. And it came with the cheapest, ugliest buttons you ever saw in your life. (really, seeing them isn't enough - you have to touch them to know how bad the plastic was that went into them.)
Fortunately, I now have a cache of vintage buttons. Some of them are nicked up a bit, a lot because of all the vinegar baths they had to have after emerging from about 60 years in a smoky home, but some are still cute enough to go to work:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh227sFE4OMw8DlCt9dsfyYkMuK8r4uCjMG1cdU8a4QDY1T4mslEn-JZdM5VsSSmdD8wHt9kcsV8TKc_CsOoWqlMwUmTq1FBTnU4OhnPXNw6FCsbj7JXswMTMJ8Om1CSZ1ikBGcOoKec/s320/cheating.jpg)
Here's a closeup of the original button:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXu97hgLKTOc4eCKDskUKR4_9tIxwHaP1f5fxxi6buGVp9471cm6ULFTaqFBdYU22MszDN5VphNdAcglxjWEHYjkcf7J1Ys1bczuBW_ssugZAT850R3-2ielNkTI8VYzidIWm5pHTr4fg/s320/cheating+before.jpg)
And here are the replacements. I loved these buttons and was so upset with myself when I realized I'd damaged them - it's great to be getting them out of the box and using them in spite of my foolishness with all the vinegar.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2SVQaoWuJU90A8naqbOezYxBEi5FhEPLXyQjI_rIoLk00XAkp5Jr46hT321WZE8vumHn_WyrC10Yfmg9NO3VlUhMtnzflNuTZB84IgXpEdaz11gg8H5QYvO5SmJJOqXSLZ36cYl_Ajo/s320/cheating+after.jpg)
Of course, I had the exact shade of red yarn in my stash too, for sewing them on. More to love about Knitterly Things!
1 comment:
the comment about *hiding excess consumed chocolate, and some that wasn't consumed* made me laugh out loud.
Cool sweater and buttons!
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