A Rose by Any Other Name

I have in fact finished the No.467 wrap-front vest I've been plugging away at since January, but despite the numerous re-workings I did of the angles for the front edges, which in the end turned out pretty well, the vest as a whole is unfortunately just too big for me.  Clearly, I should have tried it on and considered it for a while before I worked the crocheted armhole edging.  It's possible that at a previous point in my life I would have worn it anyway, but now, well, I want it to look good, I want it to be close-fitting like the original would, and although it was an awful lot of rather dull garter stitch, I'm prepared to rip it out -- after some careful measuring and note-taking, of course -- and re-knit it, but I think I might have to change its name to the Penelope vest, for patiently ripping it out so very many times.

Even weeks after writing about the Victory jumper as my choice for the D.E. Stevenson knitalong while reading Spring Magic, I found myself still thinking about it, wondering if the Knitpicks Palette I had somewhere in my stash would work ....  I think it will, but the larger gauge (!) and the single relatively-tiny size of the original will require a number of adjustments to accommodate the Palette, and of course a rather reserved color like this (which is "Mist") would alone make it unlike the original jumper, whose most salient characteristic is probably its distinctive and celebratory scallopy stripes.  So perhaps a "Spring Magic" jumper?!

Comments

[Toffeeapple]

Hmm, I think that my Bloglovin feed has gone haywire and that I am reading from newest to oldest because I have no memory of your current subject in my head. I shall go away and start in the real cronological order. Back later!

[Mary Lou Egan]

I look forward to seeing the result. "Such an Easy Pattern!"