(this is Colin Firth in Another Country, 1984)
While not every man is a Colin Firth, I think they all come closer to that ideal with a nice knitted vest on.
This is my last Camp Loopy 2011 project, which was to be a project that uses at least 800 yards of yarn. Since I knit this in Madeline Tosh DK (in the Twig colourway) I used 1012 yards, or 4.5 skeins. I'm so happy with the fit and the style and how it came out.
It was not a difficult knit. (You may notice that every project I've knit since the Camp Loopy July/August Project 2 has had cables!) I'm highly tempted to make another - this time with more cables and in blue or green, maybe a tweedy yarn. I love Rowan Felted Tweed but one of the things that made this vest project fun was that it knit up so quickly - a fingering weight might take the fun out of a large project.
I highly recommend the making of vests. Besides - there are no pesky sleeves to hold up the finishing!
2 comments:
You are so right about men in vests. Your piece is so great. Looks like it fits perfectly.
I used to wear a vest all the time. Like the pretty-boy style. but many women nowadays find this to be unattractive like you are a square. So I stopped wearing them. lol
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