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So my wife made this for me

Looks good.

I'm wearing one right now, same colour even. Not with the loving stitches of my wife though. Good for you, lad!

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Originally Posted by Iain Ruaidh

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So my wife made this for me

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She should consider making more!

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Originally Posted by CaptainPanda

She should consider making more!

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She’s selecting a pattern to make herself a cardigan next in between the quilting and church baking.

I like it!

An interesting look. Years ago, my mother made a needlepoint waistcoat for my brother, and it was in tartan. If I remember correctly, it was a kit from a local store, but she laid out the tartan pattern herself.

Nice to see that handmade art is still a thing.

I've been giving this a lot of thought recently as I do more knitting. (Still have a lot of projects in the socks & kilt hose queue, though.)

One pattern I'm eager to try is this one, called the "spiral-spun waistcoat". It's from a 1940s wartime publication with knitting patterns for service members. Women were encouraged to "knit their bit" for the war effort. With some minor shortening, I think it would make a nice waistcoat with a kilt.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/a...id=42298&stc=1

Trying to go to the website included in the last post flashed up a red warning as the site appears to have been reported as unsafe.

If anyone wants a similar pattern I have loads of then and could scan some rather than have anyone risk the integrity of their PC.

I have made a lot of pullovers, tank tops and similar sleeveless items over the years, both by hand and machine as I find them much more useful than heavier sleeved garments.

I used to be 'into' canals and was delighted to discover that the navies used to wear knitted waistcoats which were felted and embroidered by the wives and womenfolk.

Anne the Pleater