Beijing Road, RIP
On Thursday night, I decided to go ahead and finish Beijing Road’s body. I didn’t have that much more to go, and I’d then be able to try it on for real.
After knitting 2″ past the last dart increase, and knitting a three-stitch icord cast off, I tried it on for real.
I learned that I could live with the dart looking funny, but I couldn’t live with the cable panel. It was too wide, and by extension, made me look about 20 pounds heavier. To prove it, I’ll even have D. take a picture of me in it in later. I haven’t ripped it out yet, but I’m going to — it’s unsalvagable.
To amend my earlier posts about a stylized panel between your vertical darts — make sure it’s not so wide that it’ll make you look fat.
I still learned a lot in the six days I worked on this vest, and I’ll try the whole design process again shortly.
Next up: back to the FLAK and a Coopworth fleece.
