The Hampton Shirt is a sleeveless vest, easily adaptable to any size. In the original version of "Number Knitting," the vest was knit for and modeled by a. man. Because of this, the needle sizes are consistent throughout the pattern. According to Virginia:  "The adaptable pattern of this slip-on sweater for a man may be applied to a child 's shirt or woman's blouse, to an open cardigan, front-bordered and with sleeves, or open-necked slip-on, long or short sleeved." "One of the high points of delight in preparing this book on number knitting was the moment when I sat in Miss Frances Healey's drawing room watching her...

One of my good friends is a yarn dyer, whom I actually met through Etsy. We're bth avid knitters and she send me yarn to see what I'll make with it. Awhile back, she sent me two skeins of this lovely navy blue and light pink dip-dyed stellia yarn. After a few months of it sitting on my yarn shelf,I dedicated some time to figure out the best way to use it. You see, I like to have control over where my colors fall. I'm not a huge fan of random stripes. So I knew that to really showcase this yarn,...