I got permission yesterday, so here is a little photo journal of our wedding dress hunt on Saturday with my sister.

Actually, since I have a lot of pictures to show, and since my bandwidth is through the roof because an apparently highly travelled pattern website has linked me, and I’ve been getting a ton of hits from it for a few weeks now, I’ll show you the chosen dress, and include a link at the bottom of the post if you want to see some of the others I really liked.

First, here’s an unfortunate shot of my sister standing in front of 12 of the 16 huge boxes of dresses we went through.

and here is her friend Melissa, me in the middle, and my sister in front of one of the two or three large racks of hanging dresses we went through.

Lots of dresses. Fortunately, my sister’s friend and her mother-in-law are bridal pros, and made very quick work of it. And the winner is…

The lighting in the house we were in wasn’t great for pictures, so I’ll just have to tell you that what really stands out about this dress, aside from the fact that it looks like it was made for my sister’s body and is a natural extension of her skin, is the spectacular way the crystals sparkle.

You’ll just have to believe me, and in August when I’m flaunting wedding pictures, you’ll get a better look. She’s having a day wedding at a beautiful golf resort outside of Portland.

I’m happy with how high the dress sits in the front. It really annoys me when a bride looks like she’s serving herself up, spilling out of her wedding dress. It seems wildly inappropriate to me.

Just because you’re in WHITE, doesn’t mean you don’t look like a floozy.

Fortunately, my sister feels the same, so I didn’t have to bite my tongue which, as I’m sure you know by now, does not come natural to me.

Now, to tie this into knitting….

I’d always assumed I’d knit a beautiful bridal shawl for my sister when and if she ever married, and my mom, likewise.

In looking at this dress, and considering the crystals, (which won’t be kind to the laceweight merino I’m used to dealing with), what in the heck can I knit for her that will match the style?

I’m coming up with a big “nothing”.