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The vest is worked from the top down with short row shaping on the shoulders. It is first knit with horizontal stripes and purled columns. The vertical columns are later added using surface crochet.

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Materials:
Colour A - 3(4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) 100g Skeins African Expressions - Enchanted, 60% Merino Wool, 20% Kid Mohair & 20% Superfine Alpaca approx. (210 m/230 yards) Colour – Ecru 610 (700, 740, 800, 880, 940, 1010, 1090, 1170) metres / 665 (765, 810, 875, 960, 1030, 1105, 1190, 1280) yards

Colour B - 1(2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) 50g Balls African Expressions - Joy, 15% Mohair, 40% Merino Wool & 45% Acrylic approx. (100 m/109 yards) Colour – 1057 90(100, 110, 115, 125, 130, 135, 145, 155) m / 98(109, 120, 126, 137, 142, 148, 159, 170) yards

Size A: US 6 (4.0 mm) 32”/ 80cm circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size B: US 4 (3.5 mm)24”/ 60 cm circular needle
Crochet Hook – US 4 (3.5 mm)
Yarn needle
2 stitch holders/scrap yarn

Gauge: 22 sts and 28 rows in Striped pattern = 4” (10cm) after blocking

Sample Size: Sample has a 46.5”/118 cm bust circumference and modelled on a 41”/104 cm bust. Recommended ease is 2 – 8” (5 – 20.5 cm).

Finished Measurements: 36.25(40.75, 43.75, 46.5, 49.5, 52.25, 53.75, 58.25, 62.5)
92(103.5, 111, 118, 125.5, 132.5, 136.5, 148, 159) cm
Body Length: 14(14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14)
35.5 (35.5, 35.5, 35.5, 35.5, 35.5, 35.5, 35.5, 35.5) cm

Bust Circumference: