Sorry about that title, Mr. Haddon. Finished up my British School Slipover by Cheryl Oberle from Folk Vests this weekend, and wore it to work so I could rope my colleagues into helping me with the photoshoot. Such as it is. More about the dog from next door than the vest, but that is as it should be.
A decently quick knit, this pullover vest (sorry, slipover) starts in the round and splits for the front and back, then the shoulders are seamed together and the edges are picked up and knit. There are simple two-over-two cables running up and back (this is the project where I cemented my row counting skills to know when to cross the cable). I didn’t do the overlapping edge on the front neckline like the pattern calls for because I was concerned I was running out of yarn, but did a mitered edge instead.
This is a pretty long vest on me, hitting around the low hip. I kind of wish I’d gone against the pattern and knit some side shaping in, but this is the sort of vest you wear when you want to be warm and you’re not so concerned about looking like a stick. I used Ella Rae Classic Superwash in a pretty strong purple. Turns out, of course, when I got to the end I didn’t need to be concerned about having enough yarn for the overlapping edge, but better to be safe than out of yarn.
Pockets. Looking at the second photo pockets would have been cool.
My colleague had the idea of having me hand next door’s dog his stuffed chipmunk for a photo, but of course he didn’t want any of it and I wasn’t about to chase him around for the sake of a photo. Well, maybe just a bit.
Thanks to Courtney and Marietta for the action shots, and to our next door neighbors The NEED Project, and to Mr. Fig Newton for the use of his stuffed chipmunk.