Knitted Waistcoat?

**CaptainPanda** · 2nd November 22, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Iain Ruaidh

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So my wife made this for me

She should consider making more!

**Iain Ruaidh** · 2nd November 22, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by CaptainPanda

She should consider making more!

She’s selecting a pattern to make herself a cardigan next in between the quilting and church baking.

**Guiness gets my Irish up** · 12th November 22, 06:07 AM

I like it!

**AFS1970** · 12th November 22, 11:08 AM

An interesting look. Years ago, my mother made a needlepoint waistcoat for my brother, and it was in tartan. If I remember correctly, it was a kit from a local store, but she laid out the tartan pattern herself.

Nice to see that handmade art is still a thing.

**Tobus** · 18th January 23, 06:24 AM

I've been giving this a lot of thought recently as I do more knitting. (Still have a lot of projects in the socks & kilt hose queue, though.)

One pattern I'm eager to try is this one, called the "spiral-spun waistcoat". It's from a 1940s wartime publication with knitting patterns for service members. Women were encouraged to "knit their bit" for the war effort. With some minor shortening, I think it would make a nice waistcoat with a kilt.