Today I have for you two bush jumpers…
(btw, the above title is supposed to be a play on words as here in Australia a “jumper” is what in the US is referred to as a “sweater”… I’ve lived over there so I am aware of the lingo differences! could fill a book with funny anecdotes of these!)
Reminds me of the old joke from many years ago: What do you get when you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
Answer: A woolly jumper
Sorry. I know. Not as hilarious as it was thirty years ago…
I do have a kind-of funny generation-gap story for today; today Mum and I had morning tea with some of her friends. Visualise, if you will, mostly retired ladies sitting around a table in the country pub. Newly arrived lady comes up to the table and says, with dramatic flourish and eyes shining with excitement: “Girls I have some very exciting new for you!!” Queries of “Oooh, what, what?” Pause for effect, then “Last night I heard a barking owl!!!” Cue all-round cries of surprise and delight… I was later informed that barking owls are endangered, thus the great importance of the announcement.
I expect in twenty years or so I might be very interested in barking owls too.
I knitted this jumper for myself about five years ago, just bought some wool and knitted to my own design. It’s been a while since I followed a proper knitting pattern actually. A few years later and I feel it is best suitable for the country; warm but not very gorgeous. I think I made it too wide across the shoulders. It’s very loose and bulky and feels a bit like I’m wearing a man’s jumper. Don’t expect any close-ups.
Details:
Jumper; my own design, knitted from Jo Sharp Silk Road Aran Tweed in ?Natural?
Jeans; Little Big
Boots: Andrea and Joen, from Uggy’s in Dunsborough
Cute jokes 🙂 and sounds like it was a very nice morning tea.
I like both your jumpers 🙂 The fact that you made it with no pattern is very impressive and I like that style.
It does look comfy … We have some laughs as my hubby grew up speaking "the queen's english" in Malaysia, so when we were dating there was some Americanisms he didn't get. And now I say things like "chuffed" sometimes.
First Friday is sort of like a street festival every month on the first friday … various people demonstrating artisan crafts – there was a carver, a couple of spinners, and a weaver … and musicians performing in various places. Alot of fun!
I like the photo of the kangaroo. I shall have to find an armadillo to photograph for my blog at some point. As they are very shy creatures, don't hold your breath …
I'm also impressed with the very concept of knitting a jumper without a pattern(somehow both 'jumper' and 'sweater' are often borrowed in Dutch, although we do have a perfectly suitable word for these things ourselves…).
But I'm really impressed with the kangaroo picture. Good job of following it in the shot! Somehow, at first my brain tried to tell me it was a rabbit, but I eye got drawn to those legs until it had to realise: OMG, that's a kangaroo!
Your jumper looks very nice. It amazes me how you can makes things without a pattern. The different terms are so interesting, too. When I say jumper, I am thinking sweater.
That is such a cool shot with the kangaroo running. I have never seen one in real life, possibly in the zoo. I can't remember. I love seeing pictures of Australia. I have always been fascinated with Australia. It would be so neat to be able to see it in person one day.
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