Two vests

texgal: what a blow!

Mary, I know. I told this fellows girlfriend that extra yarn would be required. I just can't wait to see this man in "sparkle socks"..he's about the nicest man I've ever met in my life...he's the tallest person at work..and I am the shortest...somehow we always end up standing next to each other! aT Christmas, friends of his from Baltimore sent him chocolate covered fortune cookies..he poured a ton of them into my equipment box. I stood there and said "what the heck" and he said "it's good for ya Lil, Chocolate makes you grow"...I laughed myself silly! I can't wait for the yarn to arrive and knit him socks!

emcontrary said:

pfflyer: Thanks for showing us your beautiful vests and begining an adventure that ended with our getting the pattern from the designer. Now, I'll admit I don't know the etymology of pfflyer. Any time you care to share, please do.
Mary

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Back in the days....
pfflyers were a brand of athletic shoes....
known in those days as gym shoes.

pfflyer said:

Hate to tell you but that is NOT the pattern I used for vest!
Yours is for a sweater, not a vest.
My vest has MANY blocks in it.....will resend photo.
Same technique but different results!

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I just got the pattern from Dixie - the one she sent me was labeled "Eyelet Mitered Vest" and appears to be the same vest as yours, only done in a solid color so you have to look carefully to see that the arrangement of the squares is the same.

I also have no idea how to provide the pattern here, but if you contact Dixie at [email protected] she seems more than happy to provide the pattern in a professional looking pdf format.

Fantastic vest. bright and happy.

ntaglass,
I didn't know how to do the pattern she sent me, either, even though it was the wrong pattern. I had sent a post and then on the bottom of it there was a tab that said "attac another attachment" or something like that. I simply clicked on it and entered the place on my computer where I had stored the pattern and hit send and there it was.

How pretty! And such nice work, too. I have trouble with anything like that. I either knit too loose or too tight and the squares never turn out the same size!

Drat! I was so-o excited! I just knew I'd found the pattern for y'all. I didn't really care about finding it for me, cause I'd probably never do it. I'm working on a baby sweater for my great niece now and have been at it for almost a week and a half. My daughter says Mom the reason it takes you so long to get any thing done is because you're at the computer either looking at knit and crochet patterns, or trying to find a pattern!" And I guess she's right. Well, any way I'm glad you got the pattern. I hope ntaglass get's it posted for you. Cheer-io!

If you are having trouble maintaining gauge, this comes with the territory and will correct itself over time and with practice. This particular pattern is excelling for helping one to develop gauge.

WOOOPS! Since I was unaware of this, I've sent wrong patterns to requests! I'll correct my response. Glad you all like the vest. A scarf is fun with this technique, too. Especially with those busy yarns we love to stash.
Dix

Beautiful vests! Is this known as interlac knitting?
Is it hard to do?

I would love to have the pattern for this vest. I have looked without success to find it. Thank you to anyon that can share.

Go back to the first page of this post and you will find that the original poster has given the name, address and email of the designer. She purchased the pattern at a shop.

Thank you. I have tried getting the pattern using that information, without success.

Google the designers name, there might be new information regarding an email address.

Oh wait! Strictwear has patterns/kits, that appear to be identical to this, perhaps they are now marketing the pattern!

Did you want the vest pattern above? if so, email Dixie directly.
DixieSew

I'm attaching the vest pattern.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful pattern. This will be my next project. I can hardly wait. I love doing new and exciting knitting.
Thanks also to pfflyer for sharing the pictures.