To be featured in Spring 2014 issue of Knitting Traditions magazine, along with an accompanying article on the Aran knitting myths & traditions (my very first written article!). YAY!!!

Woot, squee- they put this on the cover (my very first magazine cover too!!!!!!:-D!!!!)

Ndls: 1 24”/61cm circular US #5/3.75mm & 1 US #7/4.5 mm
1 pair straight US #7/4.5mm (or an extra circular if you prefer knitting flat on circular ndls)
Extras: 1 Long st holder (or extra circular ndl), 4 short st holders, 3 split markers to mark sides & center back on the knitting, 18 ring markers, 5 buttons, darning ndl
Yarn: 2(3,3) hanks Kerry Woolen Mills Aran 3-ply
Gauge: 4.5 sts per”/ 6.5 rows per” in blocked Tree of Life pattern on larger ndls
Approx. Finished Measurements: 40”/102mm(44”/102cm, 48”/122cm) chest, 25.5”/65cm(26.5”/67.5cm,27.5”/70cm) Long, 12.5”/32cm(13”/33cm,13.5”/34cm) armhole depth, 12.5”/33cm(13.5”/34cm,14.5”/37cm) c/o edge to armhole opening, 5.5”/14cm(6”/15cm, 6.5”/16.5cm) shoulder width, and 6”/15cm(7”/18cm, 8”/21cm) back neck width.
Offered in 3 adult sizes for male or female. Design features include: Irish moss stitch outer edges, ‘Tree of Life’ welt, v-neck, mirror-image framed rope cables in front & framed claw cable in center back, zig-zags in travelling twisted sts, directional ‘mock cable’ dividing lines, short-row shoulder shaping, p/u button band & 1-row buttonholes.
For experienced knitters in cable/texture stitches and good chart readers.

This vest features mirror-image symmetry on cable and crossed sts and a coordinating centered cable design variation on the back that coordinates with the directional cables on the front.
Vest is worked flat in one piece, from the bottom of the welt to the start of armhole shaping, then divides at armholes & finished in 3 sections. It begins with a 4(5,6) repeat-deep ‘Tree of life’ welt which, with careful placement of increases during set-up, flows naturally into the cable & twisted rib vertical motifs above it.