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Olive's Vest Kit

$115.90

A 'Knitting for Olive' design 

With a classic minimal design, and using 1 strand of Merino and 1 strand of Soft Silk Mohair held together throughout, Olive’s Vest is your perfect basic slipover that is both easy to wear and easy to knit. Full pattern information is below.

Kit Contains: 

  • Pattern
  • Knitting for Olive Merino (M) Hazel
  • Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (SSM) Dusty Moose

 

Option 1: Size XS 

Option 2: Size S

Other Sizes by request

Gauge (after blocking) 21sts and 30 rows - 10cm in st st with 4.5mm

Other Requirements:

  • needles: 3.5mm & 4.5mm circular
  • stitch markers
  • stitch holders
  • tapestry needle

 

All colour options of Knitting for Olive yarn available instore may be used for this kit- please call or put your colour request in your order

Knitting for Olive Merino maybe be substituted for Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino

Individual Paper Pattern may only be purchased instore

The vest is worked top down in stockinette stitch, and both flat and in the round. You begin with the
folded ribbed neckband and continue with neckline shaping using German Short Rows before working each front and back piece separately down to the underarms. From here, you continue in the round before finishing the body with a ribbed hem. Lastly, you pick up stitches around the armholes and finish with a folded ribbed edge.
Olive’s Vest is designed with positive ease. To choose the correct size, look at the ‘to fit chest
circumference’ measurements on the previous page. If your actual chest circumference is, say, 98 cm [38½”], you should choose to knit a size M in order to achieve the intended fit.

Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL)
Finished measurements: Chest circumference: approx. 90 (94, 98, 104, 112, 120) cm [35½ (37, 38½, 41,
44, 47¼)]” to fit chest circumference 76-83 (84-91, 92-99, 100-107, 108-115, 116-125) cm [30-32¾ (33-
35¾, 36¼-39, 39¼-42¼, 42½-45¼, 45¾-49¼)]”; Length from shoulder to edge: approx. 48 (51, 54, 57, 59, 61) cm [19 (20, 21¼, 22½, 23¼, 24)]”
Yarn: 1 strand of Knitting for Olive Merino (250 m [273 yd] / 50 g [1.8 oz]), fingering-weight yarn, 2 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4) balls + 1 strand of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (225 m [246 yd] / 25 g [0.9 oz]), lace-weight yarn, 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 4) balls. Sample is in Merino, Hazel colorway + Soft Silk Mohair, Dark Moose colorway