In fact, I think this was something I knit even before I had the blog. I sort of remember working on it over Christmas break, 2001.
It's yet another vest. This one is from a long-ago issue of Knitters, it was a pattern designed for the Lion Brand "thick and quick" chenille (which I think is no longer being made).
I wear a lot of vests - and I knit a lot of vests. Part of this is that vests are a little quicker, and take less yarn (a consideration, cost-wise: especially since I am not TINY, it takes more yarn to make things for me. It's also a consideration, amounts-wise: Often I see something like 850-900 yards of a nice yarn, but there isn't any more of it (not enough for a sweater with sleeves), but I want to make something with it).
But also, I find if my torso is warm, I am warm. And in some of the classrooms, sleeves are actually a bit too much (one of the rooms I teach in is chronically overheated). And without sleeves, there's less chance of getting chalk dust, or soil, or some random chemical on something I've knitted and spoiling it.
One thing I like to do with the clothes I knit - or sew, when I do sew for myself - is to put a little time and effort into finding nice buttons. I think they are one thing that makes the difference between a nice handmade item and a commercially purchased one. (I also know people who don't sew, but who do go and replace the "meh" buttons on purchased clothing with nicer ones from a dressmaker shop so that they can have more distinctive buttons).
The ones for this vest came from the dressmaker shop in my parents' town:
(Actually, that one's a bit off true; the three center leaves should be on the bottom. But I didn't feel like twisting the button and re-photographing).
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And here's hoping the plumbers can finish the task today. I left the garage door open just in case they needed access to an electrical plug. (I wasn't going to go off leaving my house unlocked, even though I know people in town who do).
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That's a nice vest and I love the buttons. I like vests but I don't have any except a couple of insulated ones so I've been thinking about sewing a few out of polar fleece but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Do you know about The Button Drawer? They have a lot of unique buttons. Something weird about them that makes me laugh. On buttons obviously intended for little kids clothing - in the baby category even - it says, "This product is not intended for wear on garments by children age 12 or younger." I guess that gives us grown-ups permission to wear little kid stuff because they say it's not for kids and I can't see teenagers wanting to wear some of this stuff.
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