Get Back

Well, here in the land where it all began, I have finished the magenta vest that I started in London. As Paul sang in Get Back, I'm wearing my "high-heeled shoes, and a low-necked sweater".
The following is a list of items and places necessary for the construction of said vest/sweater:
A patient teacher (thank you, Mary Ann of the Knittin' Kitten, Cambridge, Massachusetts); a copy of Vogue Knitting Summer 2009 lace edition, with instructions for the project pictured on the cover; 8 balls of magenta cotton from John Lewis' sale bin in January 2009 (Louisa Harding Nautical Cotton); the Saint John's Wood Women's Club Stitchery group and our main hostess Jane; park benches in Violet Hill Park, NW8 and the St. John's Wood Church Garden across from Lord's Cricket Ground, many evenings of watching Britain's Got Talent, a trip to Killarney, Ireland including a six-hour bus ride through the rain around the Ring of Kerry. Add to this the lessons of patience learned by ripping out the first six inches of the work FOUR TIMES, and custom-made crocheted bobbles (nicknamed "the cojones") by Mary Ann, and you get the project as pictured.