I started a vest for myself. I shouldn’t have, but I did.
At guild on Tuesday I won a mini raffle we did, and got a 2012/2013 Bergere de France magazine. There are some GORGEOUS patterns in there, but I was taken by 2 in particular. One of them I’m not sure what yarn to use, but the other…well…it’s a fun fur vest. I know.
I know.
I KNOW.
But it’s really cute, and worse comes to worst I’m always cold at home so…. Yeah. Moving on…
The body is worked on 8mm needles so it’s a fast knit. It’s kinda a shrug/vest hybrid, and on Wednesday night I cast on. I finished the back ribbing and the first few rows of the body. And then I brought it to work with me on Thursday so I could photocopy the pattern out of the magazine to make it easier to work on.
Now, I shouldn’t have started this project on Wed. I had realized just that morning that Christmas might be in 2 weeks, but the last day of daycare/kindergarten is next week, which means I’m running out of time to do the holiday teachers’ gifts which I haven’t started yet. I *should* have started those. But I didn’t.
Which makes it only fitting that I forgot the project at work last night, and then today both boys woke up with fevers, meaning I had to keep them home, and be home all day, and NOT be able to work on the vest.
Which means that in about 5 minutes I’ll be starting the holiday teachers’ gifts, all due next week. 🙂
December 14, 2012 at 10:20 pm
You are insane! What are you making the teachers this year?
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December 27, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Fun fur? Really? *Rolls her eyes disapprovingly*
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January 6, 2013 at 1:16 pm
I hope you got the teacher’s gifts done! I started potholders (meant to go along with baked goods), but it was going much too slow and I needed about 12 of them. I decided on boxes of See’s Candy instead. 🙂
I reserve judgment on the vest until I see the finished product. I am totally not a yarn snob (although I do love me some luxury yarn, don’t get me wrong), and sometimes novelty yarn is just the thing. I did my Vegas Scarf using a deep purple Bernat Boa, and I LOVE the added bit of fun it added to the scarf.
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