John is getting too big for his Lighting McQueen vest, so time to make another
I found a pattern in a Vogue Knitting magazine I found at the library. Checked with John. Style ok, and blue yarn ok.
"Do you want Pokemon patches or pockets?"
"Pockets please. It has to be 6 pockets"
Not mine to reason why....
I have a rather large amount of 50g balls of blue 8 ply wool (there /may/ have been a sale on a while back...). I have made a cardigan for myself, which I'll post about later, a beanie, a crop vest for a teen. Still heaps left!
I did make a few changes to the pattern, starting with making it in one piece. I changed the collar a little as I don't like the square ones.
Then, partly to have more texture, partly because I didn't feel like picking up stitches, I made 2 inkle loom strips for the button band; also crocheted the armholes for the same reasons.
I had thought of making one of the inkle bands with buttonholes in it. I asked John if he wanted buttons or studs. Studs it was.
Some discussion went into where to place the pockets, then John was off to bed while I finished working n it.
All finished and waiting for John to wake to in the morning.
He was very happy to have his very own Pokemon Trainer vest.
The Pokemon fit in the pockets perfectly!
All set for a trip to the park
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