I’m not really sure how this happened, but I ended up knitting a wool vest for Mr. Math in the hottest July I can ever remember enduring. It was a comparatively quick knit and is done now.

That makes two vests I’ve knit for him this summer. Impetus for this was the zipper breaking in his polar fleece vest last winter. He decided not to buy another one, because he wanted to wear handknits instead. (Yay!) But he didn’t have any vests, which are a winter favourite. So, out came the books and the stash to find out what he liked and why.

This is a free pattern, available on Ravelry, called Conservative (but Pretty) Dad Vest. (That’s a Rav link, but you can create an account there for free.) Mr. Math isn’t a dad, but he liked the vest and I liked that the instructions were in the right gauge for the yarn he chose. The yarn is a Kaffe Fassett sock yarn – Regia 6 ply – which self-stripes. Here’s the finished vest:It fits him perfectly and he likes it, so all is good. It could stand to be blocked, but I’ll do that when the weather cools off.

On to the next project!