Winter Wonderland Vest - Two Skeins Done

Yesterday when I got home from work I decided that I wanted something simple to knit.  I wanted to read on my Kindle (I was re-reading the first book of The Expanse series) so needed pretty mindless knitting, and later on we also watch a silent movie, which also requires pretty mindless knitting.  I finished up skein 3 (I started with skein 4) and joined skein 2.  Now I'm about half-way through skein 3.  It looks like I will get about 37 rows each from skeins 3 and 4, which should be just about perfect.

Pattern:  Practically by Kelly Herdrich
Yarn:  The Unique Sheep Super Wool Worsted in Winter Wonderland
Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Winter Wonderland Vest - Yoke Done

I worked on this last night while we were watching a documentary on the Roman Invasion of Britain and again this morning while watching some Knit Stars videos (till Bruce woke up) and then reading.  I just did the cast off of the sleeves and the cast on for the underarms, so now it is just the body from here on out.  I have about 30 grams of my second skein left, plus two more skeins.  I'm working the gradiance from light to dark, which with this set is from skein 4 to skein 1, so right now I'm working with skein 3.  It is now to the point where I don't need the instructions and can just work rows until I get to my last skein and have to do the math to see how many more rows I can work.

Pattern:  Practically by Kelly Herdrich
Yarn:  The Unique Sheep Super Wool Worsted in Winter Wonderland
Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Winter Wonderland Vest - Cast On

Of course, now that I finished up the sleeves of the Dusky Nor'easter I needed another simple project to throw in my work bag.  I have been looking at my stash (on Ravelry) and decided to do some more projects with worsted weight yarn.  I have a couple of Unique Sheep gradiance sets in amounts that should be just about perfect for more vests.  This set is from one of the Christmas Clubs, I think and is called Winter Wonderland.  If I recall correctly the pattern that came with it was a cabled scarf.

But I don't really do scarves so I thought I would make another Practically Vest.  The best thing is the vest is knit top down so I can use up all my yarn and it doesn't matter too much if it comes out a little short, or a little long.  The yarn is Super Wool Worsted and is a superwash merino.  It has great stitch definition and feels great to work with.

Pattern:  Practically by Kelly Herdrich
Yarn:  The Unique Sheep Super Wool Worsted in Winter Wonderland
Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)