Yep, it’s done. Delivered on Thursday this week, Brian’s Tie Vest is a success! A fun project, and a good way for me to get back into my knitting brain, should there be such a thing.
There were some bumps along the way; the “knot” of the tie was too high for the V-neck shaping, so I ripped out about 10 rows and redid it. Yes, kids, you too can try this at home. I mean, seriously. Where’s the yarn gonna go??
- rip back 10 rows, and reknit. piece of pie!
Then there was the issue of the V-neck itself; it called for a knitted facing, instead of a standard ribbing. I did my best and used the live stitches of the facing to sew it as invisibly as possible. It came out pretty well; the facing is on the left and the tie, as continued up around the neckline, is on the right.
- front facing, nicely sewn down!
And our happy recipient, Brian, modeling the finished vest. I think he likes it quite a lot!
- A Happy Brian!
If I were to do this again, I would totally work it in a lighter weight yarn, per the original specs, and maybe do some finagleing to make the tie a little more refined. But Brian wanted a wide 70′s style tie, and this is what he got.
His birthday is next month; I think I’ll hit the thrift store to see if I can find him a tie tack.
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