Easy Breezy Vest by Purl Soho

Easy Breezy Vest

Knitting
January 2024
Sport (12 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in 3×3 ribbing stitch (blocked and unstretched)
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1045 - 2370 yards (956 - 2167 m)
25½ (28½, 31¾, 35½, 38½) (41¾, 44, 47¾, 50½)
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS

  • 3 (4, 4, 5, 5) (5, 6, 6, 7) skeins of Purl Soho’s Good Wool, 100% Andean highland wool. Each skein is 383 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 1045 (1215, 1370, 1575, 1735) (1890, 2045, 2250, 2370) total yards required. We used the color Periwinkle Gray.
  • US 6 (4 mm), 24 or 32-inch circular needles
  • Stitch holders or scrap yarn

GAUGE
36 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches in 3×3 ribbing stitch (blocked and unstretched)

SIZES
25½ (28½, 31¾, 35½, 38½) (41¾, 44, 47¾, 50½)

To fit actual chest circumference of approximately 32-34 (36-38, 40-42, 44-46, 48-50) (52-54, 56-58, 60-62, 64-66) inches

  • Finished Length from Top to Bottom: 29 (29¾, 30, 31¼, 31½) (31½, 32½, 32¾, 32¾) inches
  • Finished Width from Side to Side (measured flat): 25½ (28½, 31¾, 35½, 38½) (41¾, 44, 47¾, 50½) inches
  • Finished Width of Fronts: 7 (8¼, 9½, 11, 12¼) (13½, 14¼, 15½, 16¼) inches
  • Finished Width of Back: 11½ (12, 12¾, 13½, 14) (14¾, 15½, 16¾, 18) inches
  • Length of Armholes: 8 (8¾, 9, 9¼, 9½) (9½, 9½, 9¾, 9¾) inches

Sample: The vest shown here is size 25½, worn on a model with a 32-inch chest circumference.

Updated by Purl Soho designer, Hiromi Glover. Click here to see even more of Hiromi’s work!