I forgot to show this!
Remember way back when I teased you with finishing photos of a vest I was doing for a yarn manufacturer? No? I don't blame you, it was in MARCH, after all. Well humor me and pretend you remember, cuz now I can show you what it looks like!
This vest was knit in just 3 days and is one of the patterns in Tahki's Torino & Torino Bulky Fall 2006 Book. This yarn is their new basic extra-fine Merino which knits up at 4.5 sts/inch (it also comes in the exact same colors in a bulky weight, perfect for making twinsets). The yarn is amazing to knit with, really springy and soft with great stitch definition.
I really like the finished vest, which was designed on the fly. I was asked for something easy to knit with cables, and at the time I was obsessed with a picture I had of this type of button placket . . . and somehow it all came together in 3 days of furious knitting! I handed it in without buttons and told them they could pick them themselves, suggesting either brown ones of a casual country look or funky ones for a more urban feel. They picked these which turned out to be the perfect in-between look, they're casual without looking cheesey.
I'm really pleased with how this turned out! I may have to make myself one of these, since I didn't get to keep the sample . . .
7 Responses
Debbie
Great design! Definitely am going to add it to my project list
Debbie
sherry
WOW, love it!!!
sherry
Wanda
That is a really cute vest and something that is very wearable. Great job!
Gina
Aaaaaahhhhhh! I love vests, and that is fantastic — the button placket is spot-on. I will look for this book.
Ruth
Very nice – I like the placket – unique in an understated sort of way.
Laura in the VI
That is gorgeous. Now I’m trying to figure out if a merino vest is really as impractical as it sounds for my hot climate…
Cindy in Happy Valley
November 17, 2006
Saw that yarn at my LYS and loved, loved, loved it. Unfortunately, the yardage/skein is a little on the low side and it made the project I had in mind a little too pricey….even for me.
But wow the fine merino is gorgeous.