Updated Basketweave Vest FO pics

I am back from vacation! I had so much fun in Northern Cali that I almost didn't want to come back. More on the trip to San Francisco, my experiences at SF yarn stores, and suddenly growing yarn stash to follow later.

My dad loved posing for his FO pictures. So much so that he insisted on taking lots of them complete with the many hats/scarves that I have made him in the past. I'm glad to know that there is at least 1 (well 2, including my mom) people in this world who appreciate my handknits/handcrochets works so much. :-D

Basket-weave vest with crochet newsboy cap

Basket-weave vest with crochet scarf

Basket-weave vest with knit beanie

The matching Koolhaas I planned to knit for my dad was a bust, so I'll start that over some day. However, I did manage to finish knitting a matching scarf for my mother's Gretel. I binded off the night before my flight. Talk about the nick of time! However, I forgot to take a picture of it. :-(

FO: Basket-weave Vest

Front

Side view

Back

Pattern: Easy Basket-weave Vest by Edie Eckman from Creative Knitting, September 2008
Yarn: Ella Rae Classic in color #33 (Cinnamon Brown)
Amount: a little over 4 balls?

Needles: US 8
Size: 44" chest
Mods: Had to fudge the basket-weave pattern after the armholes since I kept miscalculating. Also, I added 1 inch of 2 x 2 ribbing around the neck, armholes, and hem.

This vest is for my father that I finally finished in time before Christmas. Woo hoo! Originally, I had planned to make the Notting Hill vest but that was quickly frogged due to the difficult pattern. I'm a bit nervous because I'm not sure if this will fit him. I asked my boyfriend who is much taller and thinner than my father to test model and it looked good on him. I'm concerned because he is about a foot taller than my dad, but the length looked appropriate for him. Therefore, I'm not sure if it will be too long for my dad. I begged to take a picture of bf in it, but to no avail. He looked miserable trying it on. Sigh. Guess we'll have to wait until I can get pictures of my dad in the vest.

Sorry for the grainy pictures. I didn't have good enough lighting. If I can get better pictures later on, I'll update again!

Basket-weave back completed

I completed the back of the basket-weave vest last night. The vest was started last Wednesday, so hopefully if all goes well, it should take me another week to complete the whole project! Right after I started the armhole section, I was beginning to get a bit lost on the basketweave pattern. It just didn't look right. So I decided to stop following the pattern to a T, and instead fudged it to force it into a basket-weave pattern. It's not too noticable unless you stare at it closely and intently. Not too bad because I didn't exactly stray from the pattern, but my math might be a bit different.

Casting on for Basket-weave Vest...

I finished Opulent Raglan a couple nights ago. She is already dried and ready to wear for FO pictures, but that will depend on when I see my photographer (read: bf) next.

Notting Hill was depressing me because I felt like I was making too many mistakes. So I frogged it and casted on for Basket-weave Vest from the September issue of Creative Knitting instead.

Hopefully, this pattern will work for me. *crosses fingers*