Bollywood Calling

Suketu has a strong dislike for undershirts, especially during the summer. He would also like to believe that not wearing an undershirt will give him a Bollywood status. (Look at pictures here--you get my point about Bollywood actors and their chests.). It is besides the point that Suketu does not watch mainstream Bollywood cinema and doesn't know a word of Hindi. So, much to my amusement, Suketu is fascinated with Bollywood clothing AND he never passes a possibility of heading out of the house without an undershirt. Sadly, he has failed to make the latter happen. He tries nonetheless--so much so, that his pretend anti-undershirt/Bollywood wannabe attitude has become a never-failing conversation piece amongst our Bollywood-loving friends.

I must pay tribute to this entire saga. Via Cupcake. I used the Telemark Pullover pattern (Ravelry link) to get an essentialist, very stereotyped version of a "Bollywood shirt." (I can already hear Edward Said and Foucault YELLING in my head). High collar plus a V-neck for ample chest exposure. Varied buttons from stash. My friend, Ami, suggested I put some glitter on the outfit, but that would have been too much for me. The mismatched, slightly weird buttons works better for this already very weird story behind this shirt.

Pattern: Telemark Pullover
Yarn: Brown Sheep's Cotton Fleece (1.5 skeins)
Needle: US 4 (I used US 5 for knitting the sleeves in Magic loop. I really tightened up)
Size: 6 - 12 months
Modifications: 1. I knit the body plus sleeves until I reached desired chest size.
2. Instead of doing eight rows of garter stitch for the bottom of the shirt and the sleeves, I did 16.
3. The sleeves were getting big and floppy. So I used the sleeve decreases from the Baby Pullover #214 pattern (decreased four times).