knits, notes, etc.

Three years ago, at least, I started knitting a sweater for Adam. This was after we were married, so I wasn't concerned about the sweater curse which came up every time I mentioned I was knitting a sweater for my significant other. It started out as Jarett, by Kim Hargreaves, knit in Rowan Summer Tweed. Then, I scrapped it and decided to knit a raglan sweater using Avast as a guideline. I hoped that minimizing the seaming requirements would encourage me to finish this faster. By winter 2007, it had sat for about a year waiting for sleeves (again) before I decided to just start fresh.

Since I had finished my own sweater vest in Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Wool and really loved the yarn, I decided to make Adam a similar sweater vest. Both vests were knit following beautiful colorwork patterns from Rowan Magazines... without the colorwork. Isn't that awful of me?

But, here it is at last, Adam's sweater vest:

A simple Silky Wool sweater vest for him.

Pattern Dotty, by Kaffe Fasset.
Source Rowan 40
Yarn Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool, Color 45, 5 skeins.
Needles Sizes 5 (3.75 mm) and 3 (3.25 mm).
Start-to-end Dec 2007 to Mar 2008.
Modifications I followed instructions for the medium size but did not knit the fair isles pattern.

the pattern

Since I didn't incorporate any colorwork, this was a very simple and straightforward project. I really did not feel confident enough knitting for Adam, so I used Kaffe Fasset's pattern as a guideline for shaping (not that there is much shaping involved in a man's vest). It worked out perfectly.

a handsome and simple vest, no?

the yarn

This is one of the best yarns to knit with ever. It does not snag or feel sticky (like most silk blends). I love how crunchy the fabric feels when I've knitted a good swatch. It even smells great.

Also, I chose to make the sweater in this yarn because it can now accompany Adam's Koolhaas hat which I gave him for Christmas. I actually have about 2.5 skeins of this green and 2 skeins in blue (leftover from my own vest). Should I knit a short-sleeve, striped cardigan for myself?