Straight Jacket, anyone?

Now I must share with you the Straight Jacket Pattern.

This pattern comes out of “Better Homes and Gardens: Learn to Knit: A Beginners Guide to Knitting.” They title it ‘Short Poncho.’

I was thrilled to use the Lion Brand Jiffy Thick and Quick yarn. I thought the yarn was pretty neat. It is a bit difficult to work with, compared to the stringy fun stuff that I’ve always used.

The pattern called for size 15 circular needles. I love knitting on circular needles.

I have all my materials, so, I set out to knit this project. I had it done within two weeks, and that was based on knitting when I had the time to fit it in. This is a quick project, thus one of the reasons that I chose it.

I just finished this one as a UFO in that I only had to knit the last two rows, then weave in the tails. Simple enough. That said, it was finished. Yea…..oh no……wait a minute….I have to try this thing on! So, I put on what I think I would be wearing when using this – a turtleneck. And no lie – I look like I am in a straight jacket. I cannot wear it in public. There is no room for me to move my arms about. This is a perfect compliment to any outfit if you wish to be immobile. When you walk, you look like a person in a straight jacket walking. It is just so insane.

If anyone does make this piece, PLEASE let me know how yours came about! I would like to know how someone else made out with this project.

I wanted to post a picture of the compledted project, however, I was unable to figure that out…..