Noro Knitted Vest

I am so glad you like the new look of Mereknits.  My sister is a genius that is for sure.  Now when I want to feel really cool I jump on my blog, because my blog makes me look a lot better than I am.  I sort of feel like I am in middle school and I have just been allowed to join the cool kids.

So in case you were wondering I still know how to knit.  Actually I have been knitting this Noro vest at a snails pace and it is finally completed.  Want to take a look?

 

 This vest is made with Noro Taiyo in color 12.  You all know about my love/hate relationship with Noro, and this yarn is no different.  I purchased this a while back to make a sideways vest from the new Noro book.  I swatched and swatched to get the right  gauge and finally decided that I was being foolish.  A sideways vest looks great but can be a big disaster if it doesn't fit right.  I speak with full experience on this matter.  If you make a sideways sweater there isn't a great way to fix the problem of it being too big.  There aren't any seams...so it is rip, rip, rip.

 

 I decided to go back to a tried and true classic vest that has ample room for fixing errors in the size.  From the Noro Joy book I give you Marina.  I have made this before in a colorway I adore, so I knew I could make it, I just wasn't sure I was going to like the results.

 

 I'm not sure I actually do like it, but what I do like is that it is finished.  I knew this colorway was not for me, yet when the Noro fumes overtook me at the yarn store it ended up in my basket.   

 

 I love the vest below also made from Noro, Silk Garden if I recall correctly.  I decided to make the new version about two inches longer for a little variety and to use up more yarn.

These colors are much more my style.  I will try to take a picture of the new vest on me tomorrow.  I am hoping it looks better than it does in the pictures.

I am off to the yarn store in Tampa after work today.  I am looking for some yarn to make one of two amazing crochet projects from the new Interweave Crochet magazine.  I have made two separate attempts to find yarn for these projects with no luck.  I have looked online but have not been thrilled with my choices, and I have to say I love to feel yarn before I purchase it.  Wish me luck and give me strength to stay away from the wall of Noro Yarn that will be beckoning me.