I said to my bf 'I want to knit you something.'
He said ‘Oh! Could you make me a vest?’
‘A vest?’ I said, trying to imagine him in a vest; with his torn jeans, old t-shirts, battered shoes and long hair.
‘Sure,’ he says, ‘Somthing I could lounge around in. Simple, but a bit different.’
Have you ever seen a pattern that fits that brief?! i certainly haven’t!!
Knitting Pure & Simple has a nice pullover. Interweave knits also has some nice men’s vest patterns.
one here
http://www.cleckheaton.biz/media/freePatterns/mens_vest.pdf
a few vests here.
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/mens_clothing.php
Here is one from Intereweave I just LOVE
me: 'what sort of colour would you like for this vest?'
him: 'well that sort of knitted olivey greeney, mixed with yellow, kinda mustardy yellow, and bits of purple and grey and things. [I]You know[/I], that sort of odd mix of colours you only see in knitted stuff, that sound horrible but looks realy good.'
Me (whilst rolling my eyes): ‘Oh that colour. of course, what else.’
Any ideas as to what colour or type of yarn he is talking about? i have an idea, but any other suggestions would be much apreciated!
hahahahahahahahahahaha:roflhard:
lots of luck!!!
:roflhard: :roflhard:
The only thing I can think of is actually not one color but a mix of colors and maybe he just doesn’t realize that its actually 2 strands (or more) of yarn. Something along the line of the knitpicks swish colors of lemongrass heather and squirrel heather??? But then there’s no purple in it . … lol There’s a clematis heather, but I don’t know how that would look with lemongrass :?? I have a hat that was made in nepal that is kinda mossy green with all sorts of colors in it and I always wanted to figure out how they made it. Before I knit I thought it was 1 kind of yarn. Now that I do knit I realize that they used a bulky weight mossy green yarn and sari silk yarn. That might be kind of a neat vest for your non-conventional bf 
Oh - and just to make sure there’s no misunderstanding when I mentioned the knitpicks yarns I was just giving color ideas not yarn type ideas. 
Upon thinking does this look like what he might be talking about?
or
I still think that using a worsted or bulky yarn with sari silk for a vest (or sweater) is an intriguing idea. Maybe I’ll do that
There’s this one that I’m making for my husband who wanted a casual outdoorsy kind of vest:
http://www.knitpicks.com/Zipped+Vest+Pattern_PD30994221.html
I’m making it with Cascade Superwash:
http://www.cascadeyarns.com/cascade-superwash.asp
If you scroll down to the 800’s on that page there are some heathered colors…(I made a bike-riding sweater out of #865 for my very scruffy 24 year old son who loved the weight/color/washability of it)
I love the vest pattern Sue and the sweater for your son. BTW - he doesn’t look so scruffy! You should see my son :roflhard:
i’m with evona on this one Sue, your sons scruffiness has nothing on my BF (is nickname round here is Scruff!).
I was thinking somthing heathery or tweedy too colour wise. hmm, i have a while to figure out this, but it is an interesting challenge!
this is a picture of the bf (on the left) and his brother. He is looking relatively tidy here.