Windmills were built to drain water from the lowlands for homes and gardens, to cut wood, and grind wheat and rye. To me, windmills represent home, shelter, bread and flowers. Everything cozy or as the Dutch would say, “gezellig”. Once we were in the Netherlands for Molendagen, when all the mills are open for a weekend, and our little family rode the bike paths of North Holland from windmill to windmill. It was a magical time when our youngest child could keep up with the oldest, yet they were all still under the same roof. We will never forget riding from sunup to sundown, hearing the mills creek with each turn, learning Dutch history, eating poffertjes from freshly-milled flour and just being together. Time stood still, for a moment at least. This vest is a love letter to that day and to the Netherlands and to my family who make the best traveling companions through life imaginable.
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Materials
Yarn: Järbo 2 Tr Ull |Pure Wool yarn | 100 g = 300 m
Main Color: 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3) skeins Blue 74137 or approximately 330 (370, 410, 450, 500, 550, 610, 660) meters of equivalent yarn
Contrasting Color: 1 (1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) Natural White 74103 or approximately 240 (270, 300, 330, 370, 410, 450, 500) meters of equivalent yarn
Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm) 32 or 40-inch (80 or 100-cm) circular needle for body and a set of US 4 (3.5mm) DPNs for the 3-needle bind off. US 2 (2.75 mm) 32 or 40-inch (80 or 100-cm) circular needle for the ribbing for the body and a 16-inch (40 cm) circular needle for scoop neck and armhole edging. Hint: You can use the longer needle for the armhole, scoop neck and body ribbing by using the magic loop method for the smaller circumferences.
Gauge and Swatch
24 stitches and 26 rounds = 4 inches or 10 cm with larger needle
Please swatch in the round in colorwork to determine needle size.
Sizes:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
0-4 -inch or 0-8 cm positive ease – Sample is worn with 4” (10 cm) positive ease.
Finished measurements
Chest: 32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60) inches or 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150) cm
Length from cast-on edge to underarm: 11 ½ (11 ½ ,11 ½ ,12, 13, 14 ½, 15 ¼, 15 ½) inches or approx. 29.25(29.25. 29.25, 30.5, 33, 36.8, 38.75, 39.4) cm
Armhole depth: 10 ½ (10 ½, 10 ½, 10 ½, 10 ½, 11, 11, 11 ½) inches or approximately 26.7 (26.7, 26.7, 26.7, 26.7, 28, 28, 29.25)
Total body length: 22 (22, 22, 22 ½, 23 ½ ,25 ¼, 26 1/4, 27) inches or approximately 56 (56, 56, 57.2, 59.7, 64.8, 66.75, 68.65) cm

Skills
longtail cast-on
knit
purl
1x1 ribbing
backward loop
two-color long-tail cast on
stranded colorwork
catching floats
binding off
k2tog
ssk
3 needle bind off
pick up and knitting stitches