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Skill level: Advanced Beginner

Obsessed with vests? So am I! This quick-knitting bulky vest is a fun knit and a great layering piece or stand-alone top. No sleeves makes this an easy-to-fit knit.

Construction Details
The Underground Vest is worked flat in two separate pieces. After completing the pieces, the shoulders are seamed and the neckline is worked. The armhole edges are self-finishing with a textural pattern worked into the armhole rows.

Skills Required

• Cast on/Bind off
• Knit/Purl
• Slipping stitches
• Working through the back loop of a stitch
• Decreasing (ssk, sssk, k2tog, k3tog)
• Mattress stitch seam for the shoulders and side seams
• Picking up stitches for the neckline

Adult Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)

To fit bust: 29 (33, 37, 41, 45)(49, 53, 57, 61)”/73.5 (84, 94, 104, 114)(124.5, 134.5, 145, 155)cm.
Suggested to be worn with 5-8”/12.5-20 cm of positive ease. Size up if you are between sizes.

Finished bust: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50)(54, 58, 62, 66)”/86 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127)(137, 147, 157.5, 167.5)cm.

Length of back: 21 (22, 23, 24, 25)(26, 27, 28, 29)”/53.25 (55.75, 58.5, 61, 63.5)(66, 68.5, 71, 73.5)cm.

Gauge: 10 sts and 15 rows = 4” in Stockinette Stitch using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 11 (8 mm) needle or size needed for gauge, US 11 (8 mm) 16”/40 cm circular needle for neckline. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: 290 (330, 380, 430, 480)(540, 600, 660, 720) yards/265 (300, 350, 395, 440)(495, 550, 605, 660) meters of super bulky weight (CYCA #6) yarn.

Sample made with Wool Addicts “Hope” (100% virgin wool, 99 yds/90 m per 100 g ball) in color 0003. 3 (4, 4, 5, 5)(6, 6, 7, 8) balls. Shown in size 3 on Shaina (5’2”/size 38” bust). Teal vest is shown in size 4 on Shaina and knit with Lion Brand “Wool Ease Thick & Quick”

Other Materials: tapestry needle.