The Knitting YAFGE
23 Jan 2005 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firecatI've been working with the book The Knitting Experience: The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville. I decided to knit the Asymmetrical Vest, but since several of my friends whom I made look at the book didn't like the asymmetry, I fiddled the pattern so it would be symmetrical. I also wanted the vest to be 33 inches long instead of 24 inches long, and the way the pattern was described made it easy to change the length by adding stitches.
I knitted it in 2 colors of Lion Brand Homespun (since I decided to add some stripes to it).
When I finished it, it came out much longer than I expected and also less wide. I know my swatch gauge was off about 1/4" in one direction, but I thought it was the direction that would add width, not length. I guess I was wrong. I wouldn't be able to wear it myself without adding a front panel to it. So I had my sweetie![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kyubi model it for some photos. It fit her very well, and I guess she fell in love with it, because she wore it for the rest of the night. So once I have the buttons sewn on (in the photos, the things that look like buttons are stitch markers on the buttonholes), I'll be giving it to her.
Vest front. (kyubi, I'm sorry I chopped off your head!) It does look a bit asymmetrical, but that's just because of how it is hanging.
Vest back.
(Despite the subject of the post, I'm delighted that the vest decided to belong tokyubi! I'm just hoping I can get the hang of making a garment to the expected size before long...)
I knitted it in 2 colors of Lion Brand Homespun (since I decided to add some stripes to it).
When I finished it, it came out much longer than I expected and also less wide. I know my swatch gauge was off about 1/4" in one direction, but I thought it was the direction that would add width, not length. I guess I was wrong. I wouldn't be able to wear it myself without adding a front panel to it. So I had my sweetie
kyubi model it for some photos. It fit her very well, and I guess she fell in love with it, because she wore it for the rest of the night. So once I have the buttons sewn on (in the photos, the things that look like buttons are stitch markers on the buttonholes), I'll be giving it to her.Vest front. (
kyubi, I'm sorry I chopped off your head!) It does look a bit asymmetrical, but that's just because of how it is hanging.Vest back.
(Despite the subject of the post, I'm delighted that the vest decided to belong to
kyubi! I'm just hoping I can get the hang of making a garment to the expected size before long...)![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
Re: The Knitting YAFGE
Date: 24 Jan 2005 09:04 pm (UTC)i'm with the people who don't like that asymmetrical vest, though i am generally a big fan of asymmetry. i saw it at LYS, and to me it looked like a mistake, not a purposely designed garment.