FO: Glace Vest
Well, after 2 weeks of overcast skies in California, M and I spent the holidays in Illinois and Wisconsin, dodging blizzards and arctic blasts. We came back to CA on New Year’s Eve, and for the next 48 hours IÂ despaired that we would never see the sun again. But late Sunday afternoon, the skies cleared (briefly)! I put on my striped shirt and my Glace vest, and I coerced M into taking some photos out on our patio.
My eyes are all squinty; the sun must be shining!
This turned out better than I expected it to. I really thought it would be horribly small, but other than perhaps making the ribbing a tiny bit longer, I wouldn’t change a thing.
I liked the construction, which did the ribbing across the front, split for the V-neck, rejoined with a back-of-the-neck stitches cast on and then knit down the back to the bottom edge. The only finishing was seaming the ribbing together at the sides. Very neat!
The pattern called for Rowan RYC Silk Cotton, which I did not have, but I did have more than enough Valley Yarns Goshen, so I used that instead. Goshen is much more drapey than the Rowan yarn (which my blogless/Ravelry-photoless friend Elsie used to make her Glace). I think the greater structure of the Silk/Cotton from Rowan works better in this application, otherwise, I didn’t have any problems with the Goshen. It’s not my favorite shade of pink by any measure, but, hey, it matched the light-colored stripes in my shirt.
Here’s the look M got when he told me to “run your hands through your hair and pout for the knit blog.” I think shooting with the DSLR camera is going to his head a bit.
Stats:
Pattern: Glace from Rowan Classic Summer Delights. Size to fit 36-38 bust.
Yarn: Goshen from Valley Yarns (Webs); 48% Peruvian Cotton/46% Modal (rayon)/6% silk; color 05, mauve; 6 skeins; 92 yd/skein
Needles: Addi Turbo, US 8
Modifications: I did not knit the ribbing on smaller needles, as I am not a 36-38 around the top of my hips.
I’d like to knit this again in a wooly yarn, but who knows when I’ll get to that!
Well, three more FOs to go to wrap up the 2009 handknits. Let’s hope for some more sun, or at least not gloom.
Nice work. Very cute!
LOL about M and the DSLR! The vest looks AWESOME.
We have plenty of sun right now, to go with the bitter cold…
Great vest and I love that pink! The edges around the neckline and armholes are really nice too. So pretty!
I’ve been enjoying having the sun and some warm temps again here in SoCal…it even reached 81 here on Saturday. Ahhhhh! So nice after weeks of cold. Although, I know I have nothing to complain about with our cold temps compared to in the east.
You look great! (squinty and all)
And you did a good job on that vest, it’s really pretty.
Happy 2010!!
((((hugs))))
It looks lovely! I’m rather jealous of your sunshine… Happy new year!
It’s very pretty!
What? No wind machine for the photoshoot???
Love it! I’m laughing at the pout comment. That’s too funny.
Very cute! It looks great on you! LOL on your hubby’s comment, too. 😉
What a nice looking vest. I’m smiling at M’s comment…it sounds like something my hubby would say!
Great vest and something like I’ve been looking for. Thank you for the inspiration!
Nice vest!!! It looks fabulous on you!
So very cute! Looks great on you. 🙂
Love the vest! It looks like it fits perfectly and goes beautifully with your shirt. I agree, you should really have a wind machine on hand for just such instances. 😉
That looks really nice. The color is great
Vest, looks great! I’m making the same vest but somehow I’m stuck!!! If you could help me out, I would be most greatful,
I have the ribbing and the few rows past the divide for the neck but what does it mean, edge of 4th and 3 (I using the same size) foll 4th rows, then on every foll 6th row?
Thanks for your help. Teasipper