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i've talked about this before; and i really want to walk the talk. so here's what i'm planning for 2009: one sweater vest each month!

that's right. by the end of the year, i want to have 12 sweater vests to wear in 2010.

sometime this week, i'll publish the pool of candidate patterns. but, i suspect the first few months will be simple or cropped sweater vests as i take the opportunity to work through as much of my stash as i can. but, eventually, i want to throw in some more sophisticated patterns... lace and cables... and colorwork. it should be fun.

January: Cropped vest

is it the last week of January already? i don't have much time, do i? you might already notice that i threw three possible cropped vests in my queue, from limited amounts of Silky Wool, Kidsilk Haze, and Yorkshire Tweed that i have in my stash. well. i'm really hoping to get one started... SOON, that is...

...once i finish this.

i'm currently using the needles i planned for the Silky Wool vest on another project, which i'm calling my "KSH Victoria yoke pullover".

you can see where it deviates from the Victoria yoke pullover...

a couple weeks ago, i couldn't get this project out of my mind; i really wanted to caston. although it was already midnight, before going to bed, i read through the pattern and realized how exceedingly simple and straightforward it was. so, the very next morning, (thank goodness it was a weekend) i went through my yarn stash to find something suitable. i was very disappointed that i didn't have anything at all... but Rowan's Kidsilk Haze jumped out at me and i saw the possibilities...

now, drat it, i need those needles to start my Sweater Vest challenge. but, i'm more than halfway through the body of the pullover right now... i think you know what i'm doing after i write this post...

who wants to join me?

so, i'm knitting one sweater vest each month; do you think i can do it? do you think you can do it, too? yes yes yes! i think you can! haha

now i'm excited. \(^_^)/

happy knitting!