11-19-2015
As of 11-17-2015, my husband and I have been together 21 years. While we were dating, in 1995, I crocheted him a sweater. He never wore it. Ever. He said it was too warm.
I commented recently (as I make sweaters for our daughter often) there was no point in ever making him anything else. He said he would wear a vest. (He does have one store-bought knitted vest he wears). So I’m putting my crochet time where his mouth is and making him a vest for Christmas.

Pattern says K hook. I had to go down to an H (!) to get gauge.

Errata for the cable stitch pattern noted.

My dh has a very athletic figure with a narrow waist & broad shoulders. His store-bought vest he likes so well has a 34” waist & tapers up to 42” chest. So I’ll do the same here, starting with the 34” stitch counts, & increasing up to the 42”. I tried doing the 42” from the start, and it just looked huge, I knew he would want something more fitted. I think this plan should work well.

Also, I started on the back. While the diagonal texture is cool, it doesn’t really read at all in this handpainted yarn. So I think I will just do TSS on the back for ease of working quickly, & the back & front will match.