One half completed up to the point before uniting at the back. A piece of L-shaped garter stitch fabric worked in an oatmeal-colored shade of unspun Icelandic wool held with a similar shade of mohair/silk. A small tab at the top is the cast-on at the back of the collar, followed by a front panel of this vest.

Two front halves ready to unite for working up the back of the vest.

The collar has been grafted, and suddenly the piece begins to make sense as a vest. Here, the vest is folded forward to show the tops of the fronts and back ready to be joined at the shoulders.

The plan for i-cord finishing: Atop the knitted fabric is the oatmeal Plotulopi (Icelandic unspun wool) with a lustrous hank of dark blue silk/mohair yarn and a pair of double point needles.

I spent the last week at home with a nasty cold, for which I lost holiday pay. Gotta love corporate policies. But this knit kept me company through the turning of the calendar: Ribwarmer by Elizabeth Zimmermann. I'm ready for i-cord edging!

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