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I'm now ribbing and no longer ripping. The front of the brown butter vest is finally underway. Getting this piece started has been such a nightmare! I've had a least four failed attempts, several due simply to stupid miscounting. Argh! The vest is supposed to be done for hubby's birthday (that's two weeks, for those who are counting). Can she do it?

I have to admit that I'm having a hard time staying focused on this project. The 4mm needles seem so small in comparison to the 5mm's that I'm using for the tank top and since the vest is for my man and not one of my two-year olds, it's like gigantic. Plus, I'm knitting it continental style, and although I am getting much better using my left hand, it's still quite a bit slower than using my right. It just seems like it will be an eternity before I complete the endless rows of the body and make it to the armholes. Miles to go before I decrease.

posted by alison at 7:43 am | in brown butter

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I'm sure you can do it alison, I'll keep checking back for progress. It does seem strange going from tiny clothes to adult clothes doesn't it!

Posted by: kerrie at April 23, 2003 7:03 AM

and even socks can feel like they're going on forever especially if you do with gusset! :)

you can do it -- rah rah -- p.s. is the front a different color? or maybe it's my monitor...

Posted by: carolyn at April 23, 2003 5:43 PM

Thanks for the encouragement everyone (also to those whose nice comments got lost in the blog rebuild). I didn't get a chance to work on the vest at all yesterday, because I was focused on getting the blog up and running again. But I should be able to make some progress tonight.

And the color is the same as the back. It wasn't very sunny when I took this photo, but was very bright the day I took the photo on my wip page. The true color is somewhere inbetween.

Posted by: alison at April 24, 2003 9:38 AM