So here we are in a new month, and it's started just as the last one ended - sooooo cold. Even my usually cosy living room feels colder than usual, and I'm sitting here with a great big scarf round my neck, to supplement my Matalan-version-of-the-Sarah-Lund-jumper (as opposed to the original iconic garment, pictured above).
One encouraging thing I've noticed over the last couple of years is that people are finally coming round to dressing to suit the season. Of course, it is a peculiarly British trait to be inappropriately dressed for the weather. Check out any town/city centre on a Friday/Saturday night for evidence of that. It may only be a fashion trend, but knitwear is back, back, back. I'm not sure if it's due to winters becoming colder, or the nation's recent obsession with all things Scandinavian, but much to my delight the shops are now full of winter-themed knits, for men, women and children. Even the much-reviled "Christmas jumper" is back on the rails.
Even if the nights are dark, the weather is freezing and the SAD lamp is back in circulation, we might as well embrace winter. That's something else we can learn from our Scandinavian friends. So with that in mind, I'm all prepared: lots of knitwear, hats, scarves, gloves, big winter boots, wellies, snow grips, snow shovel etc etc....now all we can hope for is that this country doesn't collapse into an even bigger mess than it's in already, when the first snowflakes arrive.
3 comments:
One can never have too much knitwear.I still can't believe how warm and comfortable the Matalan jumper is.Can't wait for Christmas so I can sit around wearing it and stuffing my face whilst watching The Killing for 11 whole days :)
Yes it's a brilliant jumper isn't it! Think I'm going to keep the rest of The Killing until over Christmas, as there aren't enough hours in the day at the moment :)
Yes it's a brilliant jumper isn't it! Think I'm going to keep the rest of The Killing until over Christmas, as there aren't enough hours in the day at the moment :)
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