Vest for Jason from Rabbit Rabbit

This would be even cuter if I were a tiny emo bassist. ^_~

A little over a month ago I finished this lovely vest for a friend and co-worker of mine, Jason, the bassist from a local “surf/zouk/German pop” band. Visit their myspace page for some audio samples, gig dates, and more information about the band. I was originally going to make the vest out of a more “boy-friendly” machine washable yarn called Revolution from Bocilline.

However, Jason picked out this yarn and this colour himself. I have to say, he’s got great taste. It’s Mulberry Merino from Plymouth. You may remember this yarn from my forever ago post about the Side Slip Cloche from Irwin’s Boutique Knits. Again, it’s a great yarn to work with and I just love knitting it, which is really important when you’re knitting St. st in the round FOREVER.

Jason gave me a vest that he already owned and liked the fit of very much. I used it to improvise this simple design. On the left breast I did a little bit of colour work to personalize the garment with Rabbit Rabbit’s band logo.

Close up on band name monogram