So my Vest Quest continues . . . slowly. (My life has really been . . . life-ing . . . and knitting has not been my priority of late.) (Yesterday I planted garlic and many, many spring bulbs, for example. I find this exhausting, but I will celebrate in the spring.)

This vest, of course, is nothing like the vest-of-my-dreams . . . but it’s shaping into a vest I will like and will wear. It will also give me some ideas and measurements for future Vest Quest endeavors, when I start heading off in my own direction with other patterns/designs. I’m actually further along than this photo would suggest, and my guess is that, perhaps, I’ll have it finished by next week’s knitting update. (Size 8 needles, aran-weight yarn, and . . . no sleeves . . . make the whole project move along quickly, y’know?)

I really want to acknowledge all the WONDERFUL Vest-Quest-worthy pattern suggestions (and links to the actual Liz-vest!) many of you sent when I first posted about my quest two weeks ago. I’m sorry I didn’t respond individually to every one of you, but I was In The Thick of Things right then and just . . . couldn’t. (Life life-ing and all that.) But. What I’m planning to do with that wealth of knitterly information is . . . build a Vest Quest Field Note here on my blog with links to all those great vest patterns you suggested. That way we all can refer back . . . should any of us want to knit a vest (and it sounds like many of us would).

I also have a plan forming for my next vest. Which will be much more Liz-like than the one I’m making right now.

How about YOU? What are you working on this week?