The 4 Year Vest Completed

After about 4 years in the process, yarn changes, pattern changes, multiple needle changes and so many gauge swatches I nearly drove myself batty, I finally finished and gifted my Dad a vest. 

This is the largest project I've knitted, and once I got the proper yarn weight with a new pattern, it went pretty quickly. I used Matthew's Vest pattern from a little Green Gables themed booklet of patterns. 

My Dad is tall-6' 3" and even though I lengthened the body of the vest by 2", I could have gone another 2 for comfort. Ah well, if he doesn't bend over much, it will be fine. ;) He's also typically on the cold side, so wool was a natural and wise choice of fibers. I particularly liked the charcoal color with the subtle hints of darker and lighter variation in it.