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The Adventurer Vest is a fun, quick knit that is perfect to wear on its own or under a jacket — it’s great to wear no matter what your adventure may be! It’s great for the novice knitter looking to try something a little more adventurous and fun for the more advanced.

Size Guide + Finished Measurements
The vest is written in eight sizes, 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), with a finished bust size of 34 (37.5, 41, 44.5, 48, 51.5, 55, 58.5) in/86.5 (95.5, 104, 113, 122, 131, 140, 148.5) cm. The vest is intended to have about 4-6 in/10-15 cm of positive ease so pick a size that will provide the intended ease or adjust to your desired ease.Feel free to adjust body length and armhole depth as desired.

Yarn
Approximately 4 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5) skeins of Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick (106 yds/97 m per 6 oz/170 g skein; 80% acrylic, 20% wool ) or any other super bulky weight yarn that meets gauge. Color shown is Driftwood.

Needles
10mm (US 15) 32 in/81cm or longer circular knitting needles or knitting needles needed to obtain correct gauge
9mm (US 13) DPN (only 2 are needed to complete applied i-cord edging)

Gauge
9 STS + 13 Rows = 4 in/10 cm in stockinette stitch in 10mm needles

The vest is knit from the bottom up in one piece until the armholes. You’ll work the right front, then the back, and finally the left front. You’ll seam the shoulders of the front pieces to the back, knit the collar, and then finish with applied i-cord around the front, bottom and armholes.

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