Cabled Riding Jacket or Sweater Vest

That's right, the Cabled Riding Jacket from Loop d Loop has come out of hiding again. As have I. But right now, it is a spectacular sweater vest that has me worried for fit!! I pulled the beast out today and spent at least 45 minutes untangling the yarn that has been being shoved in one of my many knitting baskets. Once the sweater was untangled, I had to undo some of the weird things I had done the last time I worked on this project... in Alaska last November. I had to remember what it was that I had done. I was contemplating using kitchener stitch for the shoulder seams and had one shoulder on a stitch holder and one bound off (part of which had come un-bound and required some help).

So once those issues were tackled, I began weaving in the ends. I had already wove in quite a few of them a while back, but there were at least ten to fifteen.

That done, I proceeded to sew on the buttons.

Finally, I stitched up the shoulder seams. Then I tried this bad boy on. It is a little small, a little tight. And WHAT is going on with those arm holes??? That just doesn't seem right to me, but I will see how it shapes up once the sleeves go on. I don't think I have anything left in me to work on this project today, I have some movies I want to watch while the Hubby is still out of town that he would prefer to miss.

It has been a great lazy day for me, I am happy to keep it that way. I need to get some house projects done, but they will have to wait for another day because I don't feel like doing anything real, only fun things that appeal to me.

I have been doing a little other knitting. The previous gift for my sister did not turn out as planned, so I made her an entrelac scarf with Boku... will post pic later. I want to line the back of it with fleece and then it will be her, now very late, birthday present. It was going to be her Christmas gift and I was proud of my early work until the previous b-day gift was bumped and this filled in.