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Speyside Flyfishing Vest

I made this for self

Created by: A. Schneider

  • Project Details

    About

    This project was an adventure in fair isle technique and steeking!

    The wool purchased at Elchies - Speyside, Scotland while I was fly fishing the Spey River. With it’s 80% Ryeland and 20% alpaca blend it is “scottish”, but not scratchy. The colors are gorgeous, naturally dyed by a well known dyer on the island of Skye. It has been pure pleasure to knit with this wool and keep fond memories of visit to Speyside! I used 5 colors (100gr each) to produce this flyfishing vest. I used the gauge to calculate my size and followed basic "methods" on reduction for v-neck and armhole.

    The armhole and v-neck were steeked. I used a sharp red color to anchor stitches and saved a few photos here for those who may not have done this before. Thanks to Eunny Jang's "Steeking Chronicles" for help!

    There is enough wool left to add a pair of fingerless fly fishing mits or a hat. I love fairisle and thank Alice Starmore for her great book about fairisle knitting which inspires me!

    Yarns

    • material-yarn
      Elchies Notes - Light Marled
    • material-yarn
      Elchies Notes - Light Marled Green ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      Elchies Notes - Light Marled Blue ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      Elchies Notes - Dark Marled Red ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      Elchies Notes - Dark Marled ✕ 1 ball

    Measurements

    Notes: Made for self to fit ladies small

    Tags

    • Slipovers
    • Women

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Advanced

    Status

    Complete
    Started on: Nov 9, 2016 Finished on: Dec 15, 2016

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