Another project down, another one begun!

I finished off my Maluka last night.  It was fairly quick to get through the stocking stitch, although by the end I was so glad to be casting off as there were a lot of stitches.

The only modification I made was to take out the second knit row (on the WS), but instead cast off purl wise. that way I had a similar edge to the stocking stitch join to the edging.

I will be blocking it out tonight, so pics soon!

At about 11pm last night, I simply had to cast on another project, and after wearing my knitted socks from last year, I decided I had to make another pair.  I really wanted to make a pair of Nine to Five's as Nettie is doing, however I couldnt find the yarn I wanted to use.  However, I came across the very bright orange and pink yarn (right) which Carrie had dyed previously, so I have now cast on another pair of Jaywalkers.  I have only done about 5 rows of ribbing, but I am loving them!  Especially on this overcast day, they are definitely a bright spark!!

Sexy Vesty - Almost Finished

Well, as I don't have Ravelry available to me at work anymore, looks like I will be updating my blog a bit more! lol

Last night I finished off the armhole shaping, cast off the 10sts for the actual armhole and began working on the left front piece. As of this morning I have no finished the left front piece and have made a start on the right front piece. I have to say that I am pretty happy with the mods in this one. I even tried the vest on this morning (praying that the sts wouldnt come off the needles) and it fit really well! The ribbing stretches right across my belly, but I'm hoping that once I get a chance to look in the mirror that it wont look too bad.

It currently has car hair in it, and I can't wait til I finish it so that I can get all of that pesky cat heair out of it!

This wook is really nice to work with. It's not itchy, its nice and thick and warm too! I'm so happy that Bendigo Woollen Mills bought out a 10ply in such lovely colours, because I have so many projects queued that call for 10ply!

Next on my project list however is a Skull and Cossbone beanie for my 5 year old nephew (that is when i do my next wool order!!) otherwise there is a cute sheep dog cushion I'm going to make to add to my 'hope chest' for future babies - mine or otherwise! lol!

*** btw - do you all like my cool progress bar on the side?! Special thanks to Bells for helping me with it! ***

Sexy Vesty Mods

This is my latest project! I have made a few mods to this, so that it will fit me. I hope that others can use this for them as well.

Size: Large(ish) - 42-44" bust

MODS: (these are the changes, work everything else as it states in the pattern)

Cast on 200sts - this creates 2 additional lace patterns on the front and back - 4 total. This also enables you to keep the pattern centered.

Work pattern for 13" (more or less as you desire

I made it so that all of my decreases for the v neck and arm holes were done as much as I could in the round, so below are my pattern notes for this. Please note that when it says K you are actually continuing on in the pattern (eg K1, K2tog, K174, SSK, K1 - all of this is worked to the pattern to keep the lace correct).

Begin Neck and Armhole Mods

Slip 45sts over and join wool 180sts

1st Row: K1, SSK, K174, K2tog, K1 (-2sts) 178sts
2nd Row: P
3rd Row: K1, SSK, K168, K2tog, K1 (-2sts) 176sts
4th Row: P
5th Row: K1, SSK, K162, K2tog, K1 (-2sts) 174sts
6th Row: P
7th Row: K1, SSK, K156, K2tog, K1 (-2sts) 172sts
8th Row: P


Begin Armhole Shaping

1st Row: K1, SSK, K37, Inc in next 2sts, K88, Inc in next 2 sts, K37, K2tog, K1 (+2sts) 174sts
2nd Row: P
3rd Row: K1, SSK, K37, Inc in next 2sts, K90, Inc in next 2 sts, K37, K2tog, K1 (+2sts) 176sts
4th Row: P
5th Row: K1, SSK, K37, Inc in next 2sts, K92, Inc in next 2 sts, K37, K2tog, K1 (+2sts) 178sts
6th Row: P
7th Row: K1, SSK, K37, Inc in next 2sts, K94, Inc in next 2 sts, K37, K2tog, K1 (+2sts) 180sts
8th Row: P
9th Row: K1, SSK, K37, Inc in next 2sts, K96, Inc in next 2 sts, K37, K2tog, K1 (+2sts) 182sts
10th Row: P
11th Row: K1, SSK, K33, Cast off 10sts, K90, Cast off 10 sts, K33, K2tog, K1 (-22sts) 160sts


Work Left Front

1st Row: P
2nd Row: K32, SSK, K1 (-1st) 34sts
3rd Row: P
4th Row: K31, SSK, K1 (-1st) 33sts
5th Row: P
6th Row: K30, SSK, K1 (-1st) 32sts
7th Row: P
8th Row: K29, SSK, K1 (-1st) 31sts
9th Row: P
10th Row: K28, SSK, K1 (-1st) 30sts
11th Row: P
12th Row: K27, SSK, K1 (-1st) 29sts
13th Row: P
14th Row: K26, SSK, K1 (-1st) 28sts
15th Row: P
16th Row: K25, SSK, K1 (-1st) 27sts
17th Row: P
18th Row: K24, SSK, K1 (-1st) 26sts
19th Row: P
20th Row: K23, SSK, K1 (-1st) 25sts
21st Row: P
22nd Row: K22, SSK, K1 (-1st) 24sts
23rd Row: P
24th Row: K21, SSK, K1 (-1st) 23sts
25th Row: P
26th Row: K20, SSK, K1 (-1st) 22sts
27th Row: P
28th Row: K19, SSK, K1 (-1st) 21sts
29th Row: P
30th Row: K18, SSK, K1 (-1st) 20sts
31st Row: P
32nd Row: K17, SSK, K1 (-1st) 19sts
33rd Row: P
34th Row: K16, SSK, K1 (-1st) 18sts
35th Row: P
36th Row: K15, SSK, K1 (-1st) 17sts
37th Row: P
38th Row: K14, SSK, K1 (-1st) 16sts
39th Row: P
40th Row: K13, SSK, K1 (-1st) 15sts

Continue in pattern until the armhole measures 8” finishing with a P row. Put the remaining sts onto a stitch holder (or piece of thread) for later


Work Right Front

Join wool to the right front 35sts

1st Row: P
2nd Row: K1, K2tog, K32 (-1st) 34sts
3rd Row: P
4th Row: K1, K2tog, K31 (-1st) 33sts
5th Row: P
6th Row: K1, K2tog, K30 (-1st) 32sts
7th Row: P
8th Row: K1, K2tog, K29 (-1st) 31sts
9th Row: P
10th Row: K1, K2tog, K28 (-1st) 30sts
11th Row: P
12th Row: K1, K2tog, K27 (-1st) 29sts
13th Row: P
14th Row: K1, K2tog, K26 (-1st) 28sts
15th Row: P
16th Row: K1, K2tog, K25 (-1st) 27sts
17th Row: P
18th Row: K1, K2tog, K24 (-1st) 26sts
19th Row: P
20th Row: K1, K2tog, K23 (-1st) 25sts
21st Row: P
22nd Row: K1, K2tog, K22 (-1st) 24sts
23rd Row: P
24th Row: K1, K2tog, K21 (-1st) 23sts
25th Row: P
26th Row: K1, K2tog, K20 (-1st) 22sts
27th Row: P
28th Row: K1, K2tog, K19 (-1st) 21sts
29th Row: P
30th Row: K1, K2tog, K18 (-1st) 20sts
31st Row: P
32nd Row: K1, K2tog, K17 (-1st) 19sts
33rd Row: P
34th Row: K1, K2tog, K16 (-1st) 18sts
35th Row: P
36th Row: K1, K2tog, K15 (-1st) 17sts
37th Row: P
38th Row: K1, K2tog, K14 (-1st) 16sts
39th Row: P
40th Row: K1, K2tog, K13 (-1st) 15sts

Continue in pattern until the armhole measures 9” finishing with a P row. Put the remaining sts onto a stitch holder (or piece of thread) for later.

Back

Work the back as stated in original pattern notes until you reach the part where you need to transfer the centre sts.

Left Shoulder
1st Row: K28sts, K2tog (-1st) 29sts (place the next 30sts onto st holder) turn work and continue on these 29sts

2nd Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 28sts

3rd Row: K26sts, K2tog (-1st) 27sts

4th Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 26sts

5th Row: K24sts, K2tog (-1st) 25sts

6th Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 24sts

7th Row: K22sts, K2tog (-1st) 23sts

8th Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 22sts

9th Row: K20sts, K2tog (-1st) 21sts

10th Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 20sts

11th Row: K18sts, K2tog (-1st) 19sts

12th Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 18sts

13th Row: K16sts, K2tog (-1st) 17sts

14th Row: P2tog, P to end (-1st) 16sts

15th Row:K14sts, K2tog (-1st) 15sts

16th Row: P

Right Shoulder

Join wool to remaining 30sts

1st Row: K2tog, K to end (-1st) 29sts - turn work and continue on these 29sts
2nd Row: P27sts, K2tog (-1st) 28sts
3rd Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 27sts
4th Row: P25sts, K2tog (-1st) 26sts
5th Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 25sts
6th Row: P23sts, K2tog (-1st) 24sts
7th Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 23sts
8th Row: P21sts, K2tog (-1st) 22sts
9th Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 21sts
10th Row: P19sts, K2tog (-1st) 20sts
11th Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 19sts
12th Row: P17sts, K2tog (-1st) 18sts
13th Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 17sts
14th Row:P15sts, K2tog (-1st) 16sts
15th Row: K2tog, P to end (-1st) 15sts

I also reccommend that when working on the armhole ribbing to cast off with larger needles :)

I really hope this all helps and makes sense. Please comment here or on Ravelry if you need any clarification.

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