Finally, Blustery
Finally, pictures of the finished Blustery. Blustery has in fact been finished for quite a long time, but the weather, I, the camera and the photographer haven’t been present at the same time. Well, the weather has been there all the time, but when I, the camera with loaded batteries and a photographer have been present, then the weather has decided to stop co-operating, and to show who is the boss, and rain has poured down on us all. Folks, this is the best I have been able to come up with. Sunny weather, check, camera with loaded batteries, check, I, check, Blustery, check, photographer, oh no!
Blustery was a nice project to work on. Instead of Anna Bell’s suggested yarn Debbi Bliss Cashmerino DK I used Rowan WoolCotton, since that was what I had in my stash, and it worked very well. I’m a little ashamed to admit that I don’t anymore remember what needles I used (it IS some time since I finished and there has been a lot of water running under the bridge since the moment I cast off). But what I want to point out is that Blustery has several interesting features making it a great knit: tubular cast on, tubular sewn cast off, pocket, side shaping...need I say more? There was entertainment all the time. Anna’s pattern is very clear and well written, and caused me no problems. I'm sorry my un-modelled picture is not really showing up this vest at it's best.
What I’m still a bit undecided on are the buttons. I love the buttons (sorry for the a bit blurry picture), they are from my Mum’s stash that I got years ago, but can very well be from my Gran’s stash originally (we are talking real vintage here). But they are a bit heavy, and drag the fabric a bit. A lighter, flatter button could be an alternative. What do you think?
Coming up next: the mitten season has begun! Two mittens in progress to show, I need only to get pictures of them. Thankfully mittens in progress can be pictured un-modelled. One factor less to take in to consideration!
Comments
I really like the deep color of this! Great job!
Posted by: tiennie | September 8, 2007 01:30 AM
Oh my. How very elegant! I love it. :)
Posted by: Romi | September 8, 2007 07:44 AM
I love, that is L-O-V-E!!, the buttons, i think they are "the dot on the 'i'" as we Germans say, absolutely perfect! I also can't wait to see the progress on the lovely socks!
Posted by: dagmar | September 8, 2007 08:37 AM
I love, that is L-O-V-E!!, the buttons, i think they are "the dot on the 'i'" as we Germans say, absolutely perfect! I also can't wait to see the progress on the lovely socks!
Posted by: dagmar | September 8, 2007 08:38 AM
I love the buttons, they are just "the dot on the 'i'" as we Germans say, give it the final perfect touch! Also I can't wait to see more of the latest sock project! Happy weekend!
Posted by: dagmar | September 8, 2007 08:44 AM
I love the buttons, they are just "the dot on the 'i'" as we Germans say, give it the final perfect touch! Also I can't wait to see more of the latest sock project! Happy weekend!
Posted by: dagmar | September 8, 2007 08:44 AM
I love the buttons, they are just "the dot on the 'i'" as we Germans say, give it the final perfect touch! Also I can't wait to see more of the latest sock project! Happy weekend!
Posted by: dagmar | September 8, 2007 08:45 AM
Great project!!
Nice colour,
great buttons and lovely 'snit' (don't know the english word, i love the way how the bustery goes with the curves of the body)
Posted by: Tijm | September 8, 2007 08:53 AM
Blustery is really nice. The buttons are perfect!
Posted by: Lin | September 8, 2007 09:43 AM
Very pretty! I like the button - it is too bad it drags a bit, but it looks very pretty on the vest.
Posted by: Jeanne | September 8, 2007 01:38 PM
Blustery is classic and beautiful!
I've got 2 more pair of socks just started then it's mittens for me too - the mitten/hat juices are starting to flow!
Posted by: pat | September 8, 2007 01:47 PM
Oh, I love your Blustery - I'm not much of a vest person, but this just looks so classy!! I love the buttons, but I know what you mean about the heaviness, I have a sweater with some gorgeous buttons - they are perfect except for the weight, so they had to go. Unfortunately I've still not found a great alternative though! So, if the heaviness isn't too bad, maybe keep them until/unless you find something a little lighter?
Posted by: mel | September 8, 2007 03:46 PM
Beautiful work with lovely details!
Posted by: Zita | September 8, 2007 06:27 PM
Ihana, täydellisen ajaton neule. Napit näyttävät huippusöpöiltä!
Posted by: heidi | September 8, 2007 07:01 PM
So beautifully done!
Posted by: lucy | September 8, 2007 07:12 PM
The buttons are lovely - but I can see what you mean in your photo. Are they so heavy that a little reinforcement on the bands will not help? Like a bit of felt or some ribbon or something behind the buttons.
Posted by: michelle | September 9, 2007 06:55 AM
How nice it turned out! Im looking forward to the pictures of the mittens ;)
Posted by: Marijgje | September 9, 2007 08:46 AM
Very nice!!!! I love the rich color. Can't wait to see those mittens.
Posted by: Maureen | September 9, 2007 03:35 PM
Kaunis ja napit näyttävät todella ainutlaatuisilta. Minäkin kokeilisin nappilistan vahvistamista nurjalta.
Posted by: Kamicha | September 9, 2007 10:15 PM
The vest looks great. I think the buttons you have would be good, another alternative that might look nice would be a dark gray colored mother-of-peral type button. I agree with you that the tubular cast on is fun to do; I've only tried it on mittens but thought it worked well for that.
Posted by: Nancy | September 9, 2007 10:25 PM
I LOVE it. What a beautiful vest.
Posted by: lisa | September 10, 2007 04:34 PM
Hi Maud,
Your Blustery turned out great! What a lovely tailored design. And you will be able to wear it for work, right?
P.S. I think the buttons look really nice too. I like Michelle's idea about reinforcement. Since they have a sentimental value, it would be nice if you could keep them on the vest.
Posted by: RuthieJ | September 11, 2007 02:05 PM
The vest is perfect and the buttons are beautiful too bad they are too heavy for the vest. Especially since they have such a history.
Posted by: Dorothy | September 15, 2007 08:01 PM
hi
I was visiting your blog, there were lots of beautiful knitting.
I saw you had hold of the book of Eeva Haavisto:Sata kansanomaista kuviokudinmallia
I am in love with old patterns and wondered if you can help me find a bookstore or internetsite who sells this book.
I have searched the internet without finding anyone who sells it.
sincerly
Gerd
Posted by: Gerd Isaksen | September 16, 2007 07:24 PM
You knit such stylish fashionable clothing. Good job!
Posted by: Sheila | September 20, 2007 06:40 AM