I am home from Carolina Fiber Fest and I have finished knitting my new vest pattern.
New Vest
I am quite happy with how the new vest turned out. My favorite feature is the decreases in the V-neck. It grew a couple inches in length. I knit the body to 14″ and after blocking it is closer to 16″. I am fine with the extra length.
I was a bit annoyed that the size I knit used 305g of yarn. I had to begin a 4th skein when knitting the edgings. If the body was a few inches shorter, it probably would have used under 300g.
I have not gotten started on writing up the pattern. I have good notes to work from so I should only take a couple weeks to get it all tidied up. This should be easy to modify to suit the knitter’s preferences too. I’ll let you know when I have it ready to go.
Carolina Fiber Fest
The main reason I have this vest finished is due to some extra down time while I was in Raleigh for the Carolina Fiber Fest. Because of the nasty storms last weekend, I decided it would be safer to stay an extra day. The storms were to the west of NC on Saturday, so we were fine for the festival. Sunday was the day I should have been driving home but the storms were still headed right towards me. I would rather ride out the weather in the hotel than out on the road with a trailer. It got windy and stormy and there was a tornado watch for part of the day and night, but it was a bit less scary than what went on with those storms on Friday and Saturday.
Monday the weather was chilly and still rainy in NC, but the windy, scary stuff was over. I opted to take the alternate route through Virginia instead of the pass through Asheville. It was only 10 miles longer and Google predicted it was a bit faster.
The festival went great as usual. It was nice to have so much less traffic at the fairgrounds. There was a quilt show going on somewhere but it wasn’t an issue. I filmed a short booth walk through video for something different.
This week
I am catching up on a few things this week since I am home this weekend. I will be back out on the road Thursday. I will be headed to Ann Arbor for the Spring Fiber Expo. It’s at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. I expect it will be chilly but it’s a fun smaller festival. If you are in the area, pop in a say hello! The market hours are Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-4.
See you again soon! Thank you for reading!
That vest sure did come together beautifully! It looks great on you and the color is really perfect!
Thanks for the overview of your booth! It’s really cool to see all the things you talk about on display. I’m happy you made it home safely and pray for fair weather and good returns in MI next weekend!
Aww, thanks! I hope things are going well for you. I’m off to check out your new post. 😉
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I love the vest. It’s such a pretty texture pattern. I’m going to have to practice picking up stitches as I haven’t been happy with how my picked up stitches v-neck collars are looking. I think using stitch saver cords is not working for me. Glad your trip went safely. I’m trying to decide if we should I-40 to get from Ashville to Knoxville or take the West Virginia route which adds an hour to our long drive. I’m checking Google and so far it keeps recommending we take the one lane I-40 route on Sunday in 2 weeks.
The Asheville route is okay. If I was in a car, I wouldn’t hesitate. With a truck and trailer, narrows lanes combined with rain, not so much. Safe travels!