I think I have two more sets of bust increases to go, and then it's just knit in waffle stitch until it's time to divide the front and back. The pattern's not SIMPLE (in the sense that you have to keep track of where you are and make sure the increases for the bust darts are going in the right place - that's why the safety pins are there, to mark the stitch that the increases are done on either side of) but it's fairly intuitive once you get going.
And I have to add that I really love Cascade 220. I know, it's not the most luxurious of yarns and it's not even the softest of wools. But it's a nice, well-behaved yarn. And it comes in so many gorgeous colors (the deep blue-green scarf I am knitting in sort of a basketweave pattern is also Cascade 220). And it's reasonably priced. I particularly love the color of this vest - it's a brown heather with green overtones - because it kind of highlights the green flecks in my eyes (I'd like to BELIEVE my eyes are green, but they really aren't; they're somewhere between hazel and brown).
If I were opening a yarn shop (not that I would; I don't think there's a big enough customer base in this area without going to the DFW metroplex area or to OKC), I think the full color-range of Cascade 220 would be one of the things I stocked.
2 comments:
It will look great on you and vests will be useful much earlier in the year than sweaters.
I am a great fan of well behaved fibers. I don't have to always have the softest yarn in the basket. sometimes they don't show off beautiful stiching or hold up to serious curves. How glad I am that I'm not particularly sensitive to wool!
That is one pretty vest.
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