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New Giveaway Ivy League Vest….

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ivyYay! Don’t you just love free stuff? I do. It rocks!

This time it’s by Eunny Jang from Knitting Daily. What is it? What is it?

Well, patience, my pets. It’s the DVD: Introduction to Fair Isle: The Ivy League Vest.  Learn simple to advanced techniques with this DVD.

Eunny demos the Progressive Project: the Ivy League Vest, a Fair Isle colorwork pattern designed by Eunny. Knit along with Eunny on this modern design with classic construction elements. The first lesson will be a 2-color corrugated ribbing (Episode 307), the second lesson in knitting in the round with the colorwork pattern (Episode 308), and finally steeking the vest for a perfect fit (Episode 309).

And in return, I want to know what your favorite Interweave Knitting pattern is.

Giveaway ends Friday, Dec 18! Looking for more Vest patterns to knit? Check out these Vest Knitting patterns on Etsy.

Comments

  1. Oh, excellent. I’m working on the fair isle vest kit from Knit Picks and starting to get anxious that I’m doing everything wrong. I’ve been carefully reading Eunny’s steaking tutorials, but I’d love a walk through the whole project.

    Interweave has so many great patterns, but one that I’ve been excited about for a while is the Apres Surf Hoodie — I’ll need something a little less intense after all this colorwork.

  3. Eunny Jang’s patterns usually rank very highly amongst my favorites. I’ve been in love with this vest (and her Venezia pullover) forever but been afraid to attempt the fair isle; I’m also in love with the knee-high version of her Entrelac Socks.

  9. just one favorite? well….. i would have to second the numbus sweater! although some days the post it notes sticking off issues pages would state something else.

  12. I am going to second the dumpling bag! I love to embroidary. A great way to combine both of my obsessions.

  13. picking one is really hard, but I like the Snowflake Scarf. I’m also looking forward to making the Classic Camel Vest for my husband next year.

  17. I agree with Corvus. I LOVE the Ivy League and Venezia. I also adore the Manchester Jacket, though it will never work on my body type. Sigh…

Have you read?

A Shawlette with a Ton of Design Options

There’s a lot to like about the Eloise Bandana from Katryn Seeburger. This cute little colorwork triangle can be worked as a bandana or kerchief size or a bigger shawlette. 

It’s worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn so you can use whatever yarn you have in your stash and just make it as big as you can (since it is worked from the bottom up). 

You can see the two sizes from the photo, and also two colorwork options: strawberries and lily of the valley. 

But that’s not all the choices you have. In fact, there are 34 different charts you can choose from to knit onto your project. Some of the options include happy faces, a lobster, a pumpkin, a snail and a butterfly. There are cherries, peaches, tomatoes and radishes.

There’s even a blank square you can use to draw your own little design if you want to use something else. Or keep it blank and make it a plain checkerboard design. 

And while both of these shawls use the same icons throughout, you could also use different designs throughout if you want. Say a fall version with a bat, pumpkin, leaf and acorn, or a summer beach theme with sailboat, fish, lobster and a bird? I keep suggesting four different icons because the larger size has four rows of squares, but the smaller has three, so you could do stripes of the same icon or alternate a couple of different ones, whatever you like. 

Look through the finished projects on the Ravelry project page to see lots of different options, from rows to individual icons. There are also some projects that are smaller than the suggested size to make a smaller bandana. You could also keep going a make a bigger shawl working increases in the same way as you have been going. 

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Katryn Seeburger]