I'm Baa-ack! Almost to normal, too! Ugh, the doctor said it could have been the start of pnuemonia. No wonder I felt like I was run over by a big truck!
Anyway, let's continue with Spunknit's flops. In the pictures above is a vest I made some time ago. I found this fabulous white & black marled yarn, I just had to have it. It was so soft & I loved the play of the black woven throughout. It was a number of years before I decided what to do with it, though! :)
I decided on a vest, which is not something I wear very often, but I figured it would be a good accessory piece for the wardrobe. It would be my own design, how hard could it be to make a vest? I played with stitch patterns, cause I didn't want plain stockinette. I settled on a basket weave stitch, which I absolutely loved (still do!).
I made the body in one piece to the armholes, & kept working to the top of the shoulders. I knitted the shoulder seam together, which worked well on this piece. Then I trimed the whole thing in a black yarn attached I cord. However, now I think the black is just too dark. Flop #1.
As you can see, the vest is a basic rectangular shape. Ack, bad move on the old bod! It made me look frumpy & shapeless. It obviously needed some body shaping. Rather than frog & re-knit, I've thought about adding a back belt/strap/tie-thing that I have on a store-bought vest. I thought it might pull in the sides a bit & give it some shape. I just haven't done it yet.
Why not? Because the shoulders also needed shaping. They are finished off straight across the top, which made me look like a linebacker for the Cleveland Browns. Hmm...not quite what I was going for.
All in all, I just don't have the heart to frog it, I just figure it is a lesson learned in my "designing" phase. I guess I keep it as a reminder...don't do THAT again!!
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