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Debbie Vest
I wrote this pattern after a good friend asked me to make her a warm bright coloured vest for her birthday. I hunted around and could not find a simple top down V neck vest so I made this one up, dyed the wool and knitted her one.
This pattern is a very basic top down V neck vest with nice deep armholes so the wool isn’t right under your arms. It is made to fit a size 8-12 lady with a small to medium sized bust. This is a great blank canvas pattern as you can easily add in shaping to suit your needs.
You start by knitting the front two pieces of the V neck flat until the bottom of the armholes. The back is then started as two pieces and joined as one to make a more shaped neckline. You knit this until the bottom of the armholes then join the front and back pieces in the round. The shoulders are grafted together with a 3 needle bind off and the sleeves and neck knitting in ribbing.
You will need to know how to do a provisional cast on, 3 needle bind off and Jeny’s stretchy bind off. (links are included to tutorials).There is a chart at the end to follow through for the front and back pieces.
This pattern has been rewritten and the design style updated in 2020.
Yarn requirements
Any 10ply/worsted weight yarn you can achieve gauge with, and approx 550-600m worth.
Gauge
Knit flat and in the round using stocking stitch, 19sts by 26 rows per 10cm/4”.
Needles and Notions
- 4.5mm 60cm/24” circular needle
- 3.75mm 60cm/24” and 80cm/32” circular needles
- 3x 4.5mm double pointed needles
- 1 stitch marker
- 4 pieces of smooth waste yarn
- Darning needle
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
Finished measurements
Chest circumference: 81cm/31.75”
Armhole depth: 24cm/9.5”
You may knit and sell as many items from this pattern as you wish with the provisio that you please acknowledge myself as the pattern creator when selling.
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- First published: July 2015
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- Last updated: April 3, 2022 …
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