The Malabrigo yarn I got from my secret pal has been tempting me, so I gave in to temptation and cast on a new project.At first, I debated knitting a scarf, but I'm going to be getting a scarf from my wonderful ISE4 partner, so it seemed a little extravagant to have two scarves (can you believe that I, a knitter, do not own any scarves????) For some reason, the idea of a fitted vest appealed to me. I don't usually go for vests, but I thought this yarn would look really classy as a vest, if worn over a nice crisp white blouse. I wasn't able to find any patterns on the web that I liked (although I'm not very good, yet, at finding patterns), so I'm trying my own.
Here's my draft, which is terrible, as I'm not a very good artist. I like vertical lines in a sweater pattern. I'm a bit self-conscious about the tummy section, and I hate horizontal stripes. Every vest pattern I found had horizontal stripes! Ick!I noticed quite a few knitters on the ISE4 doing the "Falling Water" scarf, and I thought how apropos the pattern would be with this yarn (it's called Malabrigo Oceanos). Plus, it's not a true cable pattern, so it doesn't use as much yarn as cables would.
Here's what I've knitted so far.
I've decided to call it "Maunawili Falls Vest", after a beautiful waterfall I hiked to on Oahu. I have such fond memories of that beautiful place. Hopefully the vest will be as nice!
8 comments:
Looks very pretty! I think that is an excellent idea for that yarn!
Your sketch looks a lot better than anything I could ever do. And the yarn looks beautiful in that stitch pattern.
Looks like you are having fun while you are waiting for your scarf.That was my plan all along!
Your scarf is coming along nicely.Its a little over a third of the way done.
Love the sketch and the Malabrigo is knitting up very nicely.Keep knitting!
Maunawili? falls...Hmm. I never got to take a hike there. I am sure it was gorgeous! What a GREATTTT picture. You need to frame it! Anyway, you are way tooo humble on your sketch. That looks great. Now, let's how the actual vest comes out even better! :)
How in the world can you knit all this when it's so warm out. Well, it's in the upper 80's here...I cannot do any crochet when it's this hot. I start doing that in the fall. My newest obsession is beading. :) Love it.
Check out the pics of the MOm's gift...I will post it this weekend. Don't want her to sneak a peek. :) Love you, Angie
Hmm, that waterful is pretty close to my house and I've never been there! Your yarn is wonderful. Can't wait to see it!
Can't wait to see the vest... it looks great so far.
Okay, I have to ask... are you skinny dipping????? I can not see any thing resembling a swimsuit... so I must know! :)
The top looks really pretty so far. It's a great idea that cable pattern does look great as a top. I love your free scarf pattern too.
Oooo, you are sooo talented at designing your own sweaters! That is going to be so gorgeous, and it really does look like waterfalls cascading down. You picked the perfect name. That yarn is gorgeous, I love the color.
That picture of you at the waterfall is wonderful. It makes me want to go on vacation!
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