Did I Mention That I Finished Something?

Because I did.
I actually finished it a few months ago, but besides being my first "real" intarsia, it was also my first project with steeks, so it sat around while I screwed up the courage to actually cut through stitches that had taken me days (weeks) to make. Then there's the blocking process which, along with sewing the pieces together, is my least favorite part of knitting.
But it has to be done. I mean, if you want to be able to wear it.

On the other hand, the knitting part of this vest was so much fun. Every time I work on a different type of knitting I think, "this is the technique for me!" I like cables, sock knitting, lace, chunky-yarn knitting, fingerling-weight knitting, etc. etc. etc. However, I really think that intarsia may really be for me. I love being able to do straight, simple knitting with quick little color changes to break-up any potential monotony. Plus, it's very easy to see if you've made a mistake (I never seem to catch my cable mistakes until I've run through the whole pattern), and pretty easy to fix a mistake since the color you need is just hanging back there behind all the action on the front lines. So I guess I'm saying "yay" intarsia!





The pattern is from See Eunny Knit and I highly recommend it. Though do believe her when she says the vest is meant to fit snugly. I like the vest a lot, but I do have to do a little shimmying dance to get it off! I showed my true midwest colors and used Brown Sheep yarn—I guess the Nature Sport? (Sorry, I bought it 2 years ago...)


Here's another photo from the back...
And if you've checked in here before, you may remember this, but that was really the second intarsia project—I just managed to get the photo up first.