This lovely yarn has finally been transformed into this lovely vest. I love, love, love cables, but they do slow my knitting down. I have even mastered knitting cables without a cable needle, although it was a little difficult with this yarn.
The yarn is a super soft blend of merino, llama, bamboo and Donegal. I really should have knit a full sweater out of it because I will always wear a shirt underneath the vest and can’t really appreciate its softness.
I knit the large size and planned that there would be a bit of negative ease. I also extended the length of the vest body below the underarms.
I measured this vest against another that I had knit. However, I did not take into account the negative ease. So when I put the vest on my matronly body, it pulls upward.
It especially pulls up in the front. This is a challenge I need to correct in future knitting projects.
Jane it’s just lovely!! I love the yarn and your stitching is wonderful. Hope all is well with you. I have been on and off of twitter lately. Miss the morning bunch!
It’s cute! Every project we knit is another thing learned…
Your vest looks great on you, Jane. Congrats on finishing it, it is lovely.