My son loved this vest when he spotted it in the Noro for Men book by Jane Ellison. I had lots of fun knitting it, loved working with the Noro yarns. I used the same colors as in the pattern book. Note: I wanted to make the 1st view and was pretty sure I followed the correct directions for it, but I ended up with the 2nd view..not a big difference, just reversing the striping a bit. Ben loves it!