Starting at the Bottom
As I begin to look for a side job, one that will actually allow me to eat and such while I start up my fashion design label and get people buying things, I have realized that I have very little to actually wear to a job interview and work in general. So my brain started turning and I looked through my closet then raided Ryan’s closet. I came out of the venture successful, matching a pair of simple black pants of mine, and a hoochie mama vest that i usually wear with my breasts hanging out, and one of Ryan’s white dress shirts left me with a very professional look(placing the hoochie mama vest over the dress shirt). Not only did it look professional, it also looked great! That moment got me thinking why don’t I wear sweater vests and such, oh yeah cause I usually see them in baggy body covering ugliness. About this same time the new Knitty came out with a vest pattern(Honeycomb), that was exactly what I was thinking of.
Except I didn’t like the, stitch pattern….. Or the length of ribbing…. Or the shape of the neck line(especially in the back)…. I didn’t have any yarn on the right gauge… And I wanted to knit my vest in the round… You can see where this headed didn’t you? Darn It I’ll design my own! So I dug into my stash and found the perfect yarn!
Isn’t that just beautiful? The nice deep ocean color of Knit Picks Swish Superwash, and I have more than enough of it! I absolutely love this color and the texture of the yarn it’s sooo soft! It wears rather well too, which is always important! So with a ball of that and my trusty Options set, and a stitch dictionary or 5 i started swatching. many swatches were started only two survived! One of the ribbing and stitch pattern together and the more important one of the stitch pattern it’s self.
This is the linen stitch and is a simple slip stitch pattern with the yarn held in front and alternating stitches being slipped it creates a dense but still stretchy fabric that has a nice woven look to it! The bonus is that the wrong side looks like a regular moss stitch which leave the potential for a reversible vest which I kinda like the idea of.
So after I was happy with both of my swatches it was time to do some measuring and some math, which makes my head hurt in general. Sorry the math has been smudged out due to security reasons, mostly so that you all don’t know my waist measurements. Next comes the fun part of casting on all those stitches… I hate casting on absolutely hate it! Which is a problem considering I love starting projects…. So hopefully in a week or so I will have more progress to show you on this particular vest! I’m still thinking about a tutorial/blog post about steeks and their fabulousness! I hope you are all well and everything in nice in your lives!
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