♫ The Music ♫
Like so many Celtic tunes, My Lagan Love has many stories attached to its origins that wind and intertwine almost as much as the river in the title.

A cabled, V-neck vest knit from the bottom up, Lagan is worked in the round to the armholes, then the front and back are worked separately to the shoulders. The shoulder seams are sewn together and the edgings are knit onto the armhole and neckline edges.

The pattern includes 10 sizes. The cable pattern is worked on the front and back with additional cables worked for larger sizes for a perfectly balanced look; the sides are worked in Stockinette stitch.

Knitters must be able to identify knit and purl stitches when working incomplete cables and binding off the ribbing. Knitters must also be able to decrease over a given number of stitches.

Both charts and written directions for charts are included.

Left and right fronts and shoulders refer to the garment as it is worn.

Sample (Fig. 1) shown is size 42.5” / 108cm chest circumference on a 38” / 96.5cm mannequin in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 110yds / 100m per 50g): Icicle Heather 25992.

Size
Finished chest circumference: 36 (38.5, 40, 42.5) {44, 46.5, 48} (50.5, 52, 54.5)“ / 91.5 (98, 101.5, 108) {112, 118, 122} (128.5, 132, 138.5)cm.
Shoulder to shoulder (not including edgings): 13.5 (14, 14.75, 15.75) {16.5, 17.5, 18} (18.25, 18.5, 19.25)” / 34.5 (35.5, 37.5, 40) {42, 44.5, 45.5} (46.5, 47, 49) cm.
Back length: 23 (23.5, 24, 24.75) {25, 26.5, 27.5} (28, 29, 31)” / 58.5 (59.5, 61, 63) {63.5, 67.5, 70} (71, 73.5, 78.5)cm

Yarn
830 (870, 910, 950) {1000, 1050, 1100} (1150, 1210, 1270)yds / 759 (796, 832, 869) {914, 960, 1006} (1052, 1106, 1161)m worsted-weight yarn.

Needles
4.5mm / US7 circular needle 24” / 60cm long for the 3 smallest sizes OR 32” / 80cm for the remaining sizes or size required to obtain gauge.

4mm / US6 circular needle 24” / 60cm long for the 3 smallest sizes OR 32” / 80cm for the remaining sizes for bottom ribbing or one size smaller than gauge needle.

4mm / US6 circular needle 16” / 40cm for neckline and armhole ribbing or one size smaller than gauge needle.

Notions
Cable needle, stitch markers, removable stitch marker, stitch holder or waste yarn, tapestry needle.

Errata Note
amended dec on right front V neck shaping (the pattern uses a k2tog dec and is should be an ssk dec -- correction in bold below):

Page 10, column 2, after the armhole shaping has been completed, the “Next Row (RS - dec): K1, ssk, work in pattern to end.

Credits
Tech Editing: RedSquirrel; FirSprite.
Charting Software: Stitchmastery.
Stitch Muse: the very talented Annie Maloney (mzannieknits).
Test knit by: Ravellers dragonxser, KateB660, bgow, faeriepaw, ekatja, babablacksheep, IAlsoQuilt, Cydiba, ladywulf, N4mb8rG1rl, VioletSimon, janetknitwitch, and 100creations.