This one had been languishing for a while. I finished the knitting part of it back during the first week of July and brought it with me hoping my Mom could show me how to install the zipper, but we didn't end up having time for that... so the unfinished vest went back into its bag and plopped back into the stash.
Then along came the dress code...
This kid was going to need sweaters and vests fast and I only had a handful of colours to choose from! So, last week I pulled this off the stash pile, went over to my mother-in-law's house to raid her sewing room supplies, and sewed in the zipper.
It isn't perfect, but I am happy with it for a first attempt.
The particulars:
Pattern: Knitting Pure and Simple #271 Child's Bulky Hooded Vest
Yarn: Plymouth Oh My in Olive - 4 skeins
Needles: Knitpicks Options size 6
And Willow loves it!
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Andrew and I went into Philly yesterday to celebrate our 10th anniversary by going to the King Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute which is starting to be one of my favourite places to go to in Philadelphia. It was a beautiful day:
The show itself... well, I give it a solid B. I love Egyptian history - watch all the documentaries I can manage on television - but I don't think the exhibit was managed well. It was very crowded - the tickets were timed for entrance, but then didn't ensure that traffic was flowing at a good pace so some rooms were clogged. I think it was a misnomer to call it a King Tut exhibit because there was only a handful of objects from his tomb and the famous funerary mask they used for all the advertisements was nowhere to be seen.
Me and Anubis hanging out:
We tried to find a nice cafe or restaurant to have lunch in, but almost everything was closed on this sunny Sunday afternoon - so we headed back to town at had dinner at our favourite place for Prime Rib... which as of tonight has given us 6 portions!
9 comments:
Nice vest!! Great color too and it looks good on her! Bummer you had to go so far to eat though!
Happy Anniversary!
The vest is adorable - I love the hood. So this means you can put in all my zippers too now, right? I've got one to ship... LOL
adorable hoodie vest! i want one for me, too! good job.
i always go to knitting pure and simple first, the patterns are written so i can understand them.
Happy Anniversary!!!! That is a fantastic vest - I love the color and the hood and the zipper looks great! I'm too much of a whimp to try to make a sweater (yet)...
I *love* that vest! It looks great on Willow! I want one for me! Ha ha!
We keep meaning to hit that exhibit, but sofar Dr. MS hasn't had any good weekends off--or if he has we haven't had the scratch to go! Chunky would love it--he's all about the Egyptians.
Happy anniversary, and LOVE the vest! Just perfect for a little girl to show off at school...
The vest is awesome! Willow is a lucky girl!
How cute are you! I swear you never age.
I love that little hoodie!! Really nice work!
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