Plymouth Patterns - 2094 Woman's Cabled Vest Pattern

And this is done!

I finished this one awhile ago and am barely getting around to posting it now!

This was a birthday gift for my MIL!

It's the Plymouth Yarn 2094 Encore Worsted Woman's Cabled Vest

knit in Encore Worsted (Color # 999).

This is a gorgeous deep wine/burgundy/maroon and I knit this in size Medium!

It fits her so well!

She was a good sport to be my model (especially in 85 degree weather!)

Looks good, huh?!

This pattern really is very easy and works up nicely and quickly!

I think it took me a full month to finish and I probably would have finished it sooner if I did not have 3 projects going all at the same time!

I really like this Encore yarn.  It lays nicely.  It's easy to work with.  

It just does it's job!

My button holes!

Ok... so a word on the pattern.

If the pattern tells you to do something (anything!)... just do it!

Even if you think it seems odd or wrong. 

I thought I'd be smart and creative and follow the Cable Pattern all the way to the end of the rows, even though the pattern CLEARLY states to end the rows with something else that I can't remember now that is definitely different than what I did. 

:)

In doing so, I set myself up for weirdness later when it was time for me to add the collar to the body!

In the end, it ended up being ok but I can see how the other way (the way the pattern SAID to do it!) would have been easier. 

:)

Pre-collar!

Garter Stitch Collar!

I really enjoyed working on this one.  It's a quick & easy project...

and you know I love my cables!

:)

Coco Knits Sofia Circular Sweater!

And this is done!

This is the Coco Knits Sofia circular sweater that I've been so excited about!

Bought this pattern and my yarn at my LYS (KnitSchtick) and this pattern calls for 6 skeins of

Blue Sky Brushed Suri.

They didn't have all 6 skeins of any one color so I decided to get 2 of each:

Whipped Cream

Toasted Marshmallow

Earl Grey

Don't those all sound good together!

I found this yarn incredibly easy to work with.

Thank God they wound it for me at the yarn shop. 

This yarn has a few fuzzies or fly-aways but not bad enough to be bothersome.

It lays nicely and doesn't curl.  It really is lovely yarn.

Even though it looks light and airy, I suspect it will make a warm sweater!

This pattern calls for a "Provisional" Cast-On, which I'd never done before.

I'm always excited to learn something new so immediately turned to the YouTube for help!

I found this video to be the most helpful:

And this one is good, too:

(especially good even for not having sound!)

And Knitty has a great How To on their Techniques with Theresa page!

You can cast on using a spare thread or a separate set of circular needles.

I found the cast on with circulars to be the easiest to deal with and the easiest to work off of later!

This method is great because it instantly creates nice armholes!

My first welt! (a p3, k3 pattern)

I find it easiest when I make notes and scribble.

You know I confuse easily so any help I can get is helpful!

Armhole lookin' good!

This sweater does call for sleeves but I've been wanting a circular vest since forever so I've decided to leave the sleeves off.

Circle folded in half!

As you can see here on my model, it has a nice wide collar!

The more welts you add, the wider the collar will be!

I promise I'll try to add some pics of this sweater on a real model... ;-)

This pattern is sooooooooo easy and worked sooooooo fast!

I'd absolutely make this again.

Quick Christmas presents?

What do you think?

(yes... I know it's only February but my mind is already at Christmas!)

:)

Knitty - Spring 2009 Issue

Yay!!!

The latest issue of Knitty is up!

I have to admit, I've never made anything from the Knitty site, but I do love their patterns and I get so excited when they put a new issue up!

I would consider making this:

Hanne vest

It's cute and would go with everything!