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A Knit Fit for a Prince

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Knit a vest with standing guards similar to Prince George's!When I first saw the pictures of little Prince George in an adorable knit vest adorned with marching and standing guards, I thought that it would be a lot of fun to knit a replica.

I may still, but in the meantime there’s a nice alternative version that was originally published in Susan Crawford’s 2012 book Coronation Knits. Called “Changing Guards,” her version includes a row of guards standing at attention.

You can check out the pattern on Ravelry, but the British newspaper the Daily Mail published the pattern as part of a giveaway of some knitting kits for the project. It’s a little hard to read, but you can enlarge it and print it out if you want to knit it for yourself.

What do you think of this pattern? I think it’s pretty adorable for a little boy, British royalty or not. I’d love to hear your thoughts and if you’re going to give this project a try.

(Edited to add: Amie Richan has a free version of the vest on Ravelry that’s an actual replica of George’s, and Linda Moorhouse has one with one standing and one marching guard you can download for £2.)

[Photos via Daily Mail.]

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  2. Anyone who wants to knit an exact replica, I’ve reverse engineered this and it’s available completely free on Ravelry as Prince George Christmas Photo Pullover.

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You can choose to use two contrasting solid yarns, a solid and a gradient or two complimentary gradients for your yarns. And you can use any weight of yarn and whatever gauge you like to make shawls of different sizes. There are also a bunch of different size options (seven, in fact) that take the project from a little collar like design to something more like a scarf to a large shawl that wraps around the neck to keep you warm. 

The sample projects use fingering/lace weight yarn, but you can use whatever you have on hand to make your own beautiful version of this shawl. Using lace weight, you’ll need twice as much of one color as the other.

There are lots of yarn suggestions on the pattern page on Ravelry, and I love the color choices the designer made so much I’d definitely be tempted to use the same colors they did (there are a couple of different versions on the pattern page if you want to see how it looks in different sizes and different colors). 

I love the little diamond shapes a the edges of the pieces, which add a little more drama to the project, as if it needed more. 

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