Overview
Meet your new favourite layering piece. This waistcoat goes with everything and can be worn nearly all year round. Pair with a flowy dress in the spring for 70s boho vibes or layer over a sweater and jeans for extra warmth and coziness. This piece is knit bottom up and shaped with simple increases and decreases making it a super quick and easy knit, perfect for beginner knitters. The whole thing is finished off with blanket stitch edges or you can add your own touch to it by finishing it off with a fun crochet edge.

Sizes
XS-S-M-(L-XL-2X)-3X-4X-5X

Measurements
Bust 91-101-111-(121-129-139)-149-157-168
This includes roughly 8-15cm of ease.
Length is adjustable. The yarn quantities are based on a cropped length.

Yarn
4-4-5-(5-6-6)-7-8-9 balls of Drops Alpaca Boucle
Or
520-570-650-(700-800-850)-
970-1090-1180 meters of a comparable boucle.
Scrap yarn for the blanket stitched edges. You can use Aran weight or several strands of yarn to make up an aran weight.

Needles
-6.5mm needles for the body

Notions
-stitch markers
-waste yarn
-tapestry needle

Gauge
12.5 stitches and 18 rows over 10cm in stockinette, knit flat, holding 2 strands of yarn. Recommended needles 6.5mm. I recommend making a fairly large swatch as many of the testers had issues getting the same gauge in their garment as in the swatch.