The Yellow Sweater Story

Back in high school I owned a little red sweater de-fuzzer (or sweater shaver, or whatever you want to call them). It worked great, and ate all the nasty little nubbies from my sweaters. Fast forward to the last year or 2~I needed a sweater defuzzer. The little red guy's motor died, and I could not find a replacement.

The reasons I needed a new sweater defuzzer were many, as in the many sweaters I had accumulated, mostly from J.Crew and Macys during super clearance events. Each sweater has been worn several times over the years, and they are begining to show their age.

Failing to find a replacement myself, before Christmas I voiced my desire to own a new sweater shaver to my mother and several friends, who began the hunt. After Christmas, my coworker KSO made my evening when she called one night and said she found one at K-Mart. Needless to say, I was pumped! Oh the sweaters I would shave! Oh the new life my sweater collection would get!

The next day, she brought the replacement shaver in, and it looked promising. I brought it home, bought the required AA batteries, and excitedly raced up the steps to my closet to begin shearing the sweaters. The first sweater I grabbed was a New York & Co. pretty pale yellow v-neck that was really looking rough. As a result, I hadn't worn it in a very long time.

Before I started shaving, I tried to figure out what to wear with the newly shaved sweater. I had a yellow and green necklace from a jewelry party, and a green khaki suit with matching shoes that seemed like good options, so I pulled everything together in my closet. It seemed like it would work, so I started shaving. Sadly, the new shaver is no match for the old one. The good news is that my mother suggested that I use a disposable woman's razor and see how that worked~and it did!

The yellow sweater (and several of my other sweaters) now look much better thanks to a little purple bic. After trying on the outfit, I decided that the yellow sweater was too bulky and static-y for me, so I added it to my pile to donate, and replaced it with a light yellow no iron Brooks Brothers button down and a green cable knit sweater vest from Eddie Bauer. The result was an outfit that I felt good about, but would have never thought to pull together before. And all because I needed a sweater defuzzer ;)