Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Chinese Red Vest



Pattern: Cheryl Oberle's Chinese Red Vest from Folk Vest
Yarn: Newton Yarn Country Cashmere Merino, fingering weight, doubled to sports weight
Needles: Size
4 Cast on: August 8, 2008
Cast off: August 24, 2008
Cost: About $50
Notes: This is in honor of 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Lots of time spent in front of TV and ignore my other duties such as reading and blogging. Finished the night of the closing ceremony, but didn't sew on the frog closures until the next day.

 

5 comments:

Lesley said...

Beautiful!

Z said...

Very pretty. Don't you love frog closures?

Cris said...

I love this. It will look great on you.

Lynn said...

Oh this is GORGEOUS!!! I love the contrast of the red with the black. Beautiful!

Firefly Nights said...

This is a very nice vest. It would remind me of the Beijing Olympics, too.