Episode 68: See My Vest!
This week we talk about knitting vests in February and what happens to our stashes when we go to Stitches.
In-Vest-ed
Smart listener Prairie Poppins (rav link) started a group devoted to knitting vests in February. Knit a sweater without sleeves during the shortest month. Here are some ideas for you:
Vestuary (rav link)
Veste Everest (scroll down)
Vest for Robyn
Vest for Sarah
Machine striped vest
Peace Fleece Buffalo Brownski (it looks like this color may have been discontinued)
Estes Vest
Honeycomb
Tweedy Vest
Skye Tweed Vest
Back-to-School U-Neck
Aran Accent Vest
Staghorn Cabled Tunic
Veronik Avery's Argyle Vest (rav link)
Deep V-neck Argyle
Drunken Argyle
Nederland Vest
Fyne Vest
Geek Chic
Kaino
Nicole
Provincial Waistcoat
Stitches Knitdown
Listener ValleyGrrl (rav link) has issued a challenge to festival go-ers to knit down their purchases before their next trek to Stitches (or Maryland Sheep & Wool or Rhinebeck or Black Sheep Gathering).
Northampton
Nordic Memories
Snugs
A Verb for Keeping Warm Silk/Merino
Amelia
Lake of the Woods
Brooks Farm Riata
Toots le Blanc
Notre Dame de Grace
Mainline
Music:
U-dot, Continental
Lost in Bessemer, Yo La Tengo
I enjoyed this episode. I am not at all a vest person but as soon as you mentioned wearing one over a t-shirt, I got interested. I'm now perusing patterns from your show notes. THANKS!
Posted by: Leslie | January 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM
I'm so in a vest mood right now. Sleeves never fit right anyway!
Posted by: Nadia Lewis | January 28, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Thanks for another fantastic episode. I listened while cleaning my oven. Weird, but true. I'm definitely thinking of vests.....
Posted by: Trish | January 29, 2009 at 06:44 PM
I just finished a vest, the shawl collared cardigan vest from Meg Swanson's Handknitting book - it has cables and I did it in some cream colored aran like wool I have had forever (Penguin brand!) but not enough for a sweater. I finally did steeking, and learned how to do I-cord edging, and a couple other small things from this one small project. Very satisfactory, and a quick knit! Especially for someone who is knitting a lot of lace!
Posted by: Cathie Kimball | January 30, 2009 at 03:34 AM
Hey girls! With the new iPhone software, you can search podcasts right from iTunes. Trouble is, I can't find the show by looking under "hobbies". I can only get to you by searching directly, and then I can only see the last 9 episodes! I thought I got about 30 of them one day, but now I have no idea how I did that. Any ideas why you're not coming up under the hobbies section?
Posted by: Sarah | January 30, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Argh, I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I saw the post title and I've been humming the song ever since. THANKS FOR NOTHING!
(Like my loafers? Former gophers!)
Posted by: Erika | January 31, 2009 at 02:12 PM
Thank you for the complements on my Kaino :)
Posted by: misplacedpom | February 16, 2009 at 01:32 PM
As usual, you two are on the bleeding edge of fashion: I have been noticing the surge of vests in the clothing stores lately. Figures this would happen just when C and I got rid of all our vests!
Posted by: Kyle Minor | February 23, 2009 at 01:32 PM