You want to keep them because your grandmother made them for you. That's a good reason, but maybe not for keeping all of them. Good acrylic is not bad looking, and has the advantage of easy washing. 80s sweater styles may or may not work for you; I like them - those drop shoulders still give me a good fit; I've saved a couple of basic patterns to use now because I don't like the close fit of recent designs on my body.
Do you like the colors? Would any of the sweaters work for your life now? Maybe you can pick one as a favorite to keep to remember the love that made it for you, and perhaps still use it from time to time.
I have a blue fluffy-yarn cable cardigan knit for me by a great-aunt as a high school graduation gift in 1964. She also made a straight skirt to go with it is some kind of fluff-textured fabric popular then. I wore them as my Sunday dinner in the dorm outfit for 3 years in college; dressing up was required. I kept the cardigan, and wore it as long as it still fit; it may still be in the cedar chest. I will probably pass it on when I go through that; last time I saw it was still in good condition and a classic cable cardigan.
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Date: 2011-07-11 03:31 pm (UTC)Do you like the colors? Would any of the sweaters work for your life now? Maybe you can pick one as a favorite to keep to remember the love that made it for you, and perhaps still use it from time to time.
I have a blue fluffy-yarn cable cardigan knit for me by a great-aunt as a high school graduation gift in 1964. She also made a straight skirt to go with it is some kind of fluff-textured fabric popular then. I wore them as my Sunday dinner in the dorm outfit for 3 years in college; dressing up was required. I kept the cardigan, and wore it as long as it still fit; it may still be in the cedar chest. I will probably pass it on when I go through that; last time I saw it was still in good condition and a classic cable cardigan.