Completed Stone Wall

It is a slight exaggeration, I haven't blocked the vest yet. The knitting is done and the ends are tucked in. So, here are a couple of pictures and the details. The pattern is out of Folk Vests with a couple of minor adjustments. The first adjustment was the gauge to hit the middle of large and extra large. It feels like it should work fine when blocked.

The picture here shows the back knit to the neck and the armholes at 17 inches rather than 16.5 inches. Right now this is the right length for tummy coverage.

The second picture shows the completed vest. It is just waiting for me to block it. The sweater dryer is free. I didn't want to block it today with the Dish guy running in and out of the basement which is where sweaters get to dry.

Amazingly enough, I actually used the yarn called for in the pattern. This rarely happens. The yarn is a dark blue Black Water Abbey yarn. I ended up with an extra skein. I recall buying an extra one years ago at the creative festival because I thought I might adjust the length a little.

Rudy has tried the vest on and thought it was alright. Always need to check these things before blocking and possibly fulling the yarn a bit.

And today while waiting for the Dish guy and then waiting around for him to complete the install, I dugout some bargain bin yarn. Three skeins of Bird of Paradise from France and one skein of Plymouth Yarn electra Italian Collection to be precise. They both call for size 7 needles so I put the size 15 tips on the 50 inch cable from my Denise Needles. Then I followed the Snuggler pattern out of Magical Knitting. It was done before the installation was complete. Turns out, it is a lot of work to install a satellite dish for TVs.

Since, I was rather pleased about how it turned out, I thought I would toss a picture of it on the post.