During the "knit a cardigan" out of skinny weight craze (aka
Whisper,
Featherweight,
Effortless cardigan ) I
invested in several sweater quantities of fingering/sport weight yarn. After the first attempt at staying focused on endless st st on 4/5/6 needles - I quit. But this left me with all this thin stuff to use. Shawls are the obvious fallback, but how many can you use/store? I'm getting to my limit. Enter the lace vest.
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| Meadowlark back |
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| Meadowlark |
Amy Swenson released a new pattern,
Meadowlark, that is simple and lovely. Perfect for spring/summer over any sleeve top, this may be the answer.
This project is fun, with a racer back, and very interesting yet simple, seamless construction. The lace pattern is super easy to memorize/read where you are- I am flying through the project. I am excited to look in my stitch dictionaries and substituent another lace pattern and cast on another.
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| My Meadowlark in progress - front |
Possibilities are endless: knit straight up the back (no race back?), make longer, make fronts wider for scarf neckline? I am excited to try it again.
A simple Ravelry Pattern search for lt. fingering/fingering and sport weight, lace vests yielded 93 results -
go see!
If you have even a large shawl's worth of fingering/sport - you can
devest it from your stash!
I think this would be quite lovely without the racer back. I do love your dress form!
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