I love knitting lace, so recently, while I was making the best of a long layover at Heathrow airport people-watching, I was excited to see young people wearing machine-knitted lace shells. I thought this could be the perfect project for one or two spare hanks of yarn.

Later, as I was wearing my creation, several people asked for the pattern, so here it is. I hope you like it, and I would be thrilled beyond words if I ever saw you wearing your vest in an airport somewhere around the world!