Aalto by Gail DeMeyere

Aalto

Knitting
June 2022
Sport (12 wpi) ?
6.5 stitches = 1 inch
in Aalto pattern
US 3 - 3.25 mm
700 - 1 yards (640 - 1 m)
Small, Medium, Large, X- Large
English
This pattern is available for $8.00.

The Aalto vest pattern is humble yet elegant. It was designed with respect for the work of the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto. Aalto has become a staple piece in the collection that is worn to work in, create in, and be inspired in.

Euroflax Linen, #2 sport weight, 270 yards per skein
Small: chest 35”, length 24”, 700 yards, 3 skeins
Medium: chest 37”, length 25”, 850 yards, 4 skeins
Large: chest 40”, length 26”, 1,000 yards, 4 skeins
X-Large: chest 42”, length 26”, 1,200 yards, 5 skeins

Alvar Aalto
(February 3, 1898 – May 11, 1976) was aFinnish architect and designer. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as “branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture.”