Finished my Stone Walls vest from Folk Vests last night. Just in time for what has been an unseasonably warm winter. Hello, global warming! Not a huge fan of snow, because I have to go out in it and shovel it, clear it off my car, and drive in it, but it doesn’t feel right to have a winter in Virginia without at least one good snowfall. We’re not done yet, though.
Pleased as punch about how the vest turned out. The front is exactly the same as the back aside from a bit of shaping for the neck. The color is more burnt-orange than in the first picture, more like the second.
Makes me want to immediately cast on a new project from that book. Maybe the Bookworm Vest? I’ve been dreaming about that circular neckline. Probably do the Ruby cardigan in the green Vintage and use the purple Ella Rae for the vest. Or swap it up again. Either way, the wedding is in May, so if I intend to wear the Ruby I’d better get a move on. I absolutely adore Joan McGowan-Michael’s patterns. I love her book Knitting Lingerie Style, and if she ever puts out a new one I would buy it in a heart-beat. Ruby is such a stunner of a cardigan, I hope I can do it justice.