The Noelle Vest is a classic 1940s- inspired vest with an iconic tartan pattern.
Tartan is especially fun to play around with, as it creates a very effectful aesthetic depending on your colour choices! You can make it christmassy (like me), adjust your colours to make it fin any season you like, or go for your favorite colours for a seasonless classic!
It is worked with one strand Athena and one strand Mohair Silk held together for the main colour, and two strands Athena held together for the tartan.
The vest has a decorative faux button band, meaning it is worked in the round from the hem to the armholes.

NEEDLES: 3.5 mm & 4 mm

YARN: Fabel Knitwear Athena & Fabel Knitwear Mohair Silk
The vest is worked in one strand mohair silk lace weight and one strand fingering weight yarn held together in the main colour, and two strands Athena held together for the stripes.

SIZE: (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL) 4XL

BUST: Approx. (84) 96 (106) 116 (124) 132 (140) 152 cm
Measurements for the finished garment. Recommended ease is 0 – 6 cm.

QUANTITY ATHENA MAIN COLOUR (green): (80) 80 (100) 100 (120) 140 (150) 180 g
QUANTITY MOHAIR SILK MAIN COLOUR (green) (40) 40 (50) 50 (75) 100 (100) 125 g
QUANTITY ATHENA, COLOUR 2 (brown): (20) 20 (20) 20 (30) 40 (50) 50 g
QUANTITY ATHENA, COLOUR 3 (red): (20) 20 (20) 20 (25) 25 (25) 30 g
QUANTITY ATHENA, COLOUR 4 (beige): (20) 20 (20) 30 (25) 25 (25) 30 g
A note on yarn quantity for the stripes: My testers all ended up with different quantities uses for the stripes (even when working the same size), depending on how many vertical stripes they did and what colour combination they ended up doing. As such the above is an estimate.

GAUGE: 18 st(s) = 10 cm

NOTE ON AVAILABLE SIZES - if you want to knit this, or any of my patterns, in a larger size than I currently have published, please get in touch! The only reason it is not available in larger sizes is I couldn’t get testknitters for those sizes, and I don’t want anyone to pay for a pattern and knit a size thats not been tested. So if you would like to (test)knit this - or any of my patterns! - in a larger size than is currently available, drop me a message and I’ll send you the pattern for free!