Moebius Vest finished!

In the spirit of Zimmermania, I've decided to knit this moebius vest and also, because I liked the look of it. It took me almost the whole month to do it. I thought it would never end, miles and miles of garter stitch. At least the color was soothing to me. I did the back in one piece (you can do it two ways and I don't like sewing, so one piece it was). I should have made the built in I-cord, because the applied I-cord pulls the fabric in. It doesn't matter too much, because I'll be wearing this vest at home. It's soft and comfy and warm. I could have used a contrasting color for the I-cord, but decided against it. I made I-cord loops for the buttons and sewed them on. Remember the buttons? They are the "Edelweiss" buttons from the Kitchener Fair. They make this vest very "folksy". I'm so glad I'm done with this.

specifics:

pattern: Elizabeth Zimmermann's book "Knitting Around"

yarn: Berroco's Ultra Alpaca, 50% wool 50% alpaca, pea green (with yellow specs)

needle: 5mm

With the left over yarn from David's hat and scarf and this vest, I made these mittens last night. I like doing the I-cord and will probably use it quite often from now on. At first I thought I would do a more interesting two color pattern, but I need them now and not some time down the road. It was snowing today, and raining and there was a storm in between.

I had to retrieve the lid of our yard waste container. I was wandering up and down the road looking for it, the storm blowing (and giving me a face lift for free) until I found it under the car of one of our neighbors a few houses down the road. Anyway, I'm happy I have warm nice mittens now, which will felt for sure (and that is just fine). Now, I'm going to make myself a hat with these colors, not sure what though. I'm not going to start it tonight.

For Leslie: Since your comment was anonymous and I don't know how to get in touch with you, I'll insert the link for the free pattern here: scarf . But you can easily find it on the side bar, scroll down and there will be Free Patterns in orange and click the Free Patterns underneath. They are not listed seperately. Anyway, have fun knitting!