This little Anna Vest Knitalong has been just as low-key and casual as advertised, and I’m loving seeing some finished or nearly finished vests appearing on the interwebs. You can see them on Instagram under #annavestkal, and there are a few on Ravelry as well. But I also wanted to highlight some here:
TOP: Rebecca Seifert (@ascending.rain) captured her WIP at such a great moment of evolution — one armhole finished, and the band pinned in place to check the length.
MIDDLE: Ding Ren (@halfcrystalline) opted to knit a version of the vintage waistcoat pattern that inspired my Anna pattern, modified for a seamed-on band, and I love her choice of charcoal grey.
BOTTOM: Anna Dianich (@toltyarnandwool), for whom the pattern is named, put a shawl collar on hers!
The Tuesday Morning Stitch Circle at Tolt also all knitted Anna together, and this photo of them in their finished vests made my heart go all puddly. I especially love those contrast pocket linings.
I’ve answered several questions about button-band seaming along the way, and it’s been my intention to do a blog post about it when I’m seaming my own band — it’s just taking me longer to get there than expected! As noted, I don’t have enough yarn to finish, and I also interrupted it briefly for the blue thing … but I finished the principal knitting of ol’ blue last night and have more black Terra on the way for my Anna, so I’ll be picking up where I left off posthaste. My pieces are all blocked and will be seamed this weekend, so with any luck I’ll have a seamed button-band tutorial for you next week!
Meanwhile, it’s never too late to cast on! Just use hashtag #annavestkal wherever/whenever.
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