The Ivy League Vest continues growing slowly:
I noticed a mistake a few rows down the other night, but since I did it consistently across the row, I just copied the mistake on the matching row in that stripe of design. You wouldn’t pick it unless you scrutinised the chart and vest together.
The sock yarn I picked to replace the thicker-than-usual one is amazing. It’s soft and lovely to knit. And the colours aren’t lining up to form stripes or flashes. It’s called Fannie’s Fingering Weight. (No sniggers from you Aussies, please.)
I bought this yarn in New York last year, and I seem to remember the owner telling me that it is cleverly dyed to stop the colours lining up. I don’t think I believed her, but so far she’s right.
For the first time, I’m suffering sock yarn envy. I’m making these for a Socks for Others Club recipient, but I want to keep them for myself. Good thing they’re not going to fit my stupidly long and narrow feet!
Nice work, I have a full blow fair isle project waiting in the sidelines for this summer when school is out. It’s not near as tedious as your vest though.
Yeah, I’m beginning to have ‘what was I thinking?’ thoughts about this vest. Surely there’s easier fair isle than this. But I’ve reached the split for the neckline now, so I may as well keep going.