Original Pattern: Royale
Knitter Extraordinaire: Corinne (Ravelry ID)
Mods: Eliminated the sleeves to make a vest, changed the location of increases and decreases for waist shaping. Project page can be found here.
What Makes This Awesome: A richly textured vest like this is a wardrobe classic, and Corinne has the prettiest one I've seen in a while. I don't think enough people consider turning a sweater into a vest, despite it being a fairly easy modification. A great pattern like Royale modifies into a vest quite well- the original pattern has waist shaping and set in sleeves, so it's easy to eliminate the sleeves and have a great vest. And you don't even need as much yarn as you would for a full sweater. Wouldn't you love this stunning vest in your wardrobe?
That's a beautiful vest. I have some yarn that I was planning on making hats and mittens with but now I'm going to make a vest instead :)
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Really nice! The pattern just pops. Don't know how I missed the original--it's a great pullover, too.
ReplyDeleteI have been wanted to knit a vest for ages. I have looked and looked at patterns never thinking about a sweater pattern! Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe cable work is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a sexy professor vest.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Well styled too!
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