I'm pretty sure Newton should have given the blue-green colour family its own name & status as the 7th colour of the rainbow (did you know he wanted 7 colours for philosophical purposes, not scientific ones?), instead of picking indigo. I might be biased, as blue-greens are some of my favourite colours, and it gets inconvenient having to always refer to them in hyphen form (sure, I could say teal, but that leaves out the lighter shades, which I also love).

Anyway, today I decided to wear tonal variations of my favourite colour group. As it's still chilly, I already knew I'd be wearing wool on bottom, and it felt like a skirt day. So tweed skirt it was (which requires a belt to keep it up), plus my mint silk blouse. I couldn't resist adding my teal socks too, just for fun. Then I reached for this teal boiled wool blazer; I ordered this from Ebay in December, because I've been wanting to try a knit jacket. I was so excited to see teal & wool & a peplum for a very low price that I completely forgot to ask about the length between the shoulder seam & waist seam. I'm long waisted, and this hits a bit higher than my natural waist (which is the story of almost every jacket & dress in my closet, and part of why I want to learn to sew). Live and learn!

The good news is, I was able to wear this all day comfortably indoors, going about my computer-ing and cooking and knitting and reading and lounging without any discomfort. I love the look of regular jackets, but consider them outerwear, as I can't do my usual home puttering in them. So I'm very excited that the pseudo-jacket (a cardigan in jacket's clothing?) functioned so well, as one of my Christmas gifts was this knitting pattern and enough yarn to make it up. I'm going to cast on this week, so that it will be ready by spring! And I'll be able to add enough length so that the waist is in the right spot, so there. My cat pin hopped on to the lapel, for a bit of fun.

It's still chilly here, but not bitterly so, which let me opt for a lighterweight wool jacket. The bracelet sleeves are surprisingly functional, in that they allow me to take my mittens on & off without needing to stuff the cuff back into the jacket. I kept a touch of the blue-green going in the hat, but otherwise went with tonal greys.

I have to give a shout-out to my boots, which are the Reiker Sybille. After taking these photos I went to the woods, and on the way back foolishly decidedly to take the shortcut across the field of untouched snow, because how bad could it be? Pretty soon, I had snow 5" up my thigh, but my feet & calves stayed completely dry. No leaking anywhere & the wool lining managed to stop the snow from dropping into the boot, despite every foot step plunging me into thigh deep snow. (Don't worry: Thistle was safely above it in my arms.) I'll be babying them with some polish soon, to make reparations for such cruel treatment. And next time I'll go the longer way or take up snowshoeing!

All feedback, suggestions, criticisms, etc. welcome as always! I included the awkward arms photo (I think I was trying to roll down my cuff & suddenly noticed the camera was about to go, lol), because it lets you see the shape of the jacket better.