I’ve had this FO done since the end of 2017, but I was waiting for it to arrive with the intended recipient. He got it yesterday, so now I’m free to show you!
My very dear friend has a little boy who just turned a year old. I have been drooling over this Peanut vest since she told me she was having a boy, but I ended up picking several other projects for him, and this one went on the back burner. This fall, I decided it was time. I checked with her first to make sure she thought it would be useful for his wardrobe, and she said yes, so I was off!
I chose Simplicity by HiKoo for this project. The main color is First Press Olive, and I can’t seem to find the ball band for the gold! I used 2 skeins of the green, and one of the gold.
When I got done, I still had plenty of yarn leftover, so I decided this little vest needed a coordinating hat! I was inspired by the smaller motif on this project, but it didn’t have a reference for where that design came from. So I looked at the picture on maximum zoom and charted it from there. I then improvised around it to make it feel inspired by Peanut, but not a direct copy. I used the free Clayoquot Toque pattern to get an idea of how many to cast on, and also for the crown decreases. I went for 90 stitches, in between toddler and child, to make my colorwork chart work out evenly.
Then I put my yarn in my new yarn bowl, a lovely Christmas gift from my brother-in-law and his wife, and went to town! It’s a really beautiful bowl (I believe it’s this one), and I love that it’s wooden instead of ceramic. It’s lighter and it also seems less “break-y” if you know what I mean. 🙂
So here’s the completed set. I’m very happy with it and can’t wait to see a picture of the little dude in it!