I finished the knitting on the waistcoat yesterday.


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I finished the main patterned section of the waistcoat and started the top border. I just have 35 rows left to finish all the knitting for this lengthy project. Maybe the knitting will be done by the end of the year. The making up won’t be, but that’s negligible compared to the knitting.

I’ve been knitting away on my waistcoat and am now inside 90 rows of finishing.

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I've been working on my 17th century waistcoat this week instead of my cross-stitching. This morning I reached the halfway point on the back. I have fewer than 170 rows left to finish.

Boring though they may be, it's time for weekly cross-stitching updates.

Week 1:


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I knit right about 20 rows of the waistcoat in the last week. That puts me inside 200 rows.

A friend at work loaned me some patterns that belonged to his mother for me to copy so that's cutting into my knitting time. They're from the 1940's and 1950's. The first three had obviously been used because there were pieces missing or alterations pinned ( Read more... )

I have passed the one-third point on the back of my waistcoat. Only 218 rows to go. Of course, at almost half an hour per row, there's still a lot of knitting time left.

I have been working on my waistcoat again this week. Today I finished the border and started the main patterned section of the back of the body. That means I’m more than a fifth of the way through the piece. It’s rather exciting to have fewer than 300 rows left.

Mirror image fronts make me happy.


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