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Little Robin Vest
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Just weaving ends and blocking to go! :tada:
Just weaving ends and blocking to go! tada
Trying out the Icelandic bind off
Trying out the Icelandic bind off
Body complete!
Body complete!
Yarn chicken before ordering a second skein :joy:
Yarn chicken before ordering a second skein joy
Knitting buddy! :smiley_cat:
Knitting buddy! smiley_cat
Design test & gauge
Design test & gauge
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Finished
November 21, 2020
December 14, 2020

Little Robin Vest

Project info
Wee Sheep Vest by Amy Nowell
Knitting
Vest
Needles & yarn
Notes

Inspired by Jan Fearnley’s “Little Robin Red Vest”
To pair with my Little Robin Amigurumi

Using the “Wee Sheep” pattern for the basic form and sizing (if I’m going to buy a pattern, it may as well be adorable smiling_face_with_3_hearts), but the texture throughout is all a custom design. The idea behind it is to look like giant knit stitches, but with some extra visual interest.

12-12-2020

Knitting complete! Just need to weave in the ends and block now. I’m super happy with how it’s looking, and can’t wait to see it finished.

Found some weirdness with the pattern, but fortunately I feel just experienced enough now that it didn’t throw me off. Most notably, part of the instructions are missing for seaming the shoulders, so I ended up pulling out the bind-off, switching the slope to short rows, and did a 3 needle bind off instead. I think it looks a lot better and was easier that way anyhow, so good to go. I recommend switching it up to this for anyone else using this pattern.

Got some more progress pictures added— why is red the hardest color to take photos of??? sweat_smile

12-15-2020

Ends woven and blocked! The pattern really smoothed out nicely. This was a fun one. I hope I’m not too far off on the size! laughing

Total time: 44 hrs, 36 min

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Finished
November 21, 2020
December 14, 2020
About this pattern
Wee Sheep Vest
by Amy Nowell
from Freehold Yarn Co. on Ravelry
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  • Project created: December 4, 2020
  • Updated: December 15, 2020
  • Progress updates: 3 updates