This past Christmas I gave my parents each a certificate for a hand knit sweater. I told them that Knitterly, our local yarn shop, was having a sale in February and they could come pick out yarn and a pattern then, and I would make it for them. So this past Saturday I took them into Knitterly and showed them a couple of options. My dad wanted a sweater vest so I showed him the store's only sweater vest sample (I had actually thought of making it for him) and he loved it! The vest is made of three different brown wools. The yarn is made of 100% undyed british sheeps wool. After we had finished picking out the yarn and figuring out the yardage etc., it was time for my mom to pick hers. My mom actually picked the same yarn in a different color for a sweater, we figured out the yardage, and got 14 skeins out of the bin. That afternoon I started my dad’s vest, as my mom had not picked a pattern and I couldn’t start hers. I casted on 216 stitches, “SNORE” that was boring. By the next morning the ribbed border was done, but unfortunately I had forgotten to write down the stripe pattern for the body of the vest, and could not continue until I had gone back to Knitterly and written it down. My parents were working on the house and did not want to stop and take me there, so I took my best friend with me, we walked downtown by ourselves and made a fun outing of it. After I had gotten home and continued knitting on the body a little, I switched to 40 inch long needles and tried the vest on my dad and --- IT FIT! Now I have my work cut out for me!

Pictures below!

Thanksy,

-Lily