Anjou Vest

February 23, 2026

Project recap

Planning

Very excited to use the yarn I bought from Tokyo. Initially I wanted to knit with the Prym ergonomics needles purchased at the same store but I don’t like how the cable feels, so I ended up using my beloved Chiaogoo - time to give up trying new needles :).

Decided to size 2 for an oversized fit. My gauge was a bit smaller than the pattern when I use GENMOU as MC, after knitting few inches of back yoke I thought it needs to be thickened to be more prominent, so I went to my LYS and bought a matching mohair and held two strands together as MC.

Modifications

Cast on

Use provisional cast on because I don’t want to think about the stitch count when picking up later. This time I used Suzanne Bryan’s Crochet Provisional Cast On and it works like wonders. The only difference I did was I unravel the crochet chain and insert a barber cord so that I don’t have the dangling CO yarn and also I can immediately pick up the live stitches when needed.

Left front

No mods on this part but I felt the starting stitch of Pattern Repeat is off 1 stitch? I didn’t attempt to fix it though as the off-stitch part is at underarm and doesn’t really matter to me.

Button band

  • Pick up a total of 208 sts (104 sts each side) plus 33 sts remaining sts on the back yoke for the button band.
  • Knit 8 rows instead of 10 rows for the button band to match the width of other ribbed edge.
  • I used Roxanne’s tutorial to sew buttons and create shank.

Project timeline

  • [2026-02-15 Sun] – Cast on.
  • [2026-02-16 Mon] – Finish the right front.
  • [2026-02-17 Tue] – Finish the left front.
  • [2026-02-18 Wed] – Join front and back.
  • [2026-02-20 Fri] – Finish body and block.
  • [2026-02-22 Sun] – Finish block and sew on buttons.

New techniques learned



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