The source for these design motifs is also Co Spinhoven's Charted Celtic Designs (Dover Books). Made for my brother's 30th birthday, I chose the motif of the Celtic knot rising into the face of two men to symbolize that although we have long been separated by an ocean or a continent, we are still joined. I had a gauge problem from the different yarns, creating a knitted-in spare tire my brother did not possess. Mom solved the problem inventively by turning the vest inside out and carefully machine-basting a false seam at the sides, eliminating the excess fabric.