Crochet Checkerboard Sweater Vest.

Hello needlework community 🌼

It has been a while since the last time I made a post in the #needleworkmonday community. This could be because of the busy schedule I have. Nonetheless, my busy schedule didn't keep me away from one of the things I love doing the most.

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On a few occasions I caught myself pondering on how much I'm going to miss out on if I decided to stop crocheting for good. Good thing I made a good choice.

For today, I'd be sharing with you a crochet vest I recently made. I looked through my closet and all the crochet items I owned were either made with one colour, granny squares or different shades of the same colour. 'No patchwork?" I yelled mentally. This was one of the major determinants for making this crochet vest.

I had the pattern in mind so execution became the next step. I got to work. Line by line, row by row, I kept trudging. This vest felt like one of those crochet projects that never had an end.

I began making this vest from the front panel. I learnt to always divide 'whole' crochet projects into front and back panels to minimize mistakes.

For the front panel, I made a chain of seventy-one stitches and from the next row, I began making half double crochet stitches. It was from the next roll that I also started switching colours in the middle.

To reiterate, this was my very first patchwork project so I had mixed feelings. Happiness and worry. I was happy that I was trying something new, something different. On the other hand, I was worried about the outcome. I couldn't afford to make a mess of the project as I was basically squeezing out time to make the project.

Half way through, I exchanged colours, causing the contrast. After exchanging colours and making the rest of the front panel, it was time for the back panel.

I made a mental note that the back panel was going to be way easier because it involved less calculation and more action. And I was right.

Making the back panel was less hectic as I was done with the major obstacle; the front panel.

After I got both my panels in place, I literally heaved a sigh of relief. All that was left to do was couple the panels and make the ribbing stitches.

I got to coupling and once I was done, I realised that I could actually wear the vest inside out and regular people would assume it's a design– the beauty of neat crochet stitches.

Immediately after coupling, I sewed in my loose yarns and from there I began making the ribbing stitches around the arm holes and also at the bottom of the vest.

After doing this, I was pretty much done with the patch patterned vest. As usual, I was really pleased at the outcome. The gold colour was really outstanding and I'm certainly going to be making another project with this gold coloured yarn.

One thing I would wholeheartedly say is that the vest came out really beautiful. I would have loved to wear it out already but the weather over here is extremely dry and hot, so wearing a vest would be a suicide mission.