Technicolor Dreamcoat

I just don't know what came over me, when I decided to crochet a Hexagon Cardigan. As a inveterate fiber artist, I endlessly peruse crochet patterns, on the Internet, and almost immediately come to the conclusion that they are too complicated, too busy or in the matter of most "granny square patterns", just too stupid looking, to waste my time replicating.

But this time, it was like I became possessed by the Crochet Devil. I had to make this strange-looking sweater. They were everywhere on my Crochet Sites! Actors, Jack Black and Jason Momoa, were wearing them. So, I did. Well, I told myself, I had recently purchased these two skeins of vibrant jewel-toned, multicolored yarn and I just had to make something.  Why not a Hexagon Cardigan?

I'll tell you why not. First of all, I had to purchase 2 more skeins of a solid color, to tone down ALL of the COLOR from the original skeins. Stupidly, I then chose the scourge color, of all yarn artists......Black. Black and most other dark colors are terribly difficult to work with. But, by the time I made that choice, I had invested countless hours and quite a bit of money in my quest. Black goes with anything, I reasoned. Black would tie all of those rainbow colors together.

 (In case you might be wondering,......make two hexagons, fold them to make each to make a sleeve and half of a body of a sweater. Imagine two, upside down L shapes, with the center of each hexagon, being the armpit. Then you sew the back seams together to create a cardigan.)

Well, the damn thing is finished. It fits me. The 2 sleeves are the approximately the same length, PTL and the colors on both sides match. Neither of those accomplishments was an easy fete. Now, I'm wondering will I ever wear it? Probably once, maybe. But, I may have a hard time finding the appropriate occasion.

Wait a minute. If my church ever has a "Coat of Many Colors" celebration, I have the perfect costume.

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 O Lord. Save us from our foolishness. Great is Thy Faithfulness.