So, the increases in the white Sitcom Chic show more than the ones in the red one - in the Softball cotton the increases vanish into the fabric. It's not a big deal on the white sweater, they're on the sides and the underside of the arms, and they don't look ugly, they're just visible, but it bugs me anyway. It just made me appreciate how much nicer this sweater will look in a yarn with some texture. I really like Cotton-ease, it's a nice yarn, but the Softball cotton is so much nicer for this purpose it's bugging me, because I know my daughter and she's going to bitch a little when my sweater looks different from hers, but she needs a white one for sorority stuff, so this is what she's getting. It'll be fine for its purpose, not freezing at initiation, but not an amazingly cute sweater for parties and things. I see another Sitcom Chic in my future, if she likes the style, in something more textured. Maybe Mission Falls cotton. I have some in pale green in the stash from hell, it goes great with her eyes. It'd make a nice SC.


Finally watched "Catch Me If You Can" on PPV, while Sitcom Chic-ing. I read the book a while back, and they definitely made Abagnale more warm and cuddly for the movie, giving him all this motivation about pleasing his father, etc. Very Hollywood-y - I preferred the book, though Abagnale was way more snarky and wiseass than broken-home waif Leonardo, and not very appealing - smart, funny, but amoral - I thought the movie version made him a bit pathetic in trying to make him more sympathetic. Read the book if you haven't, it's a fast read and a hoot, and it makes a lot of the movie scenes make more sense (though you will think, hey, wait...that's not how it happened in his book!)