Women's Vest with felted pattern by Wool Baa

Women's Vest with felted pattern

Knitting
June 2018
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
873 - 1247 yards (798 - 1140 m)
Fits bust size 81 (86, 91, 96, 101) cm / 32 (34, 36, 38, 40) ins
English
This pattern is available from woolbaa.com.au for AU$6.00.

Level of Difficulty - Intermediate
This easy knit pattern is suitable for the intermediate knitter. The photographed garment has been decorated using a dry felting method, but the vest could be knitted and left plain. The pattern has included a buttonhole on the collar, but the collar can also be knitted without it.

Size
Fits bust size 81 (86, 91, 96, 101) cm / 32 (34, 36, 38, 40) ins

Materials

  • Adorn Silky Merino DK – 7 (8, 8, 9, 10) balls
  • 4mm needles
  • 3.25mm needles
  • 6 (6, 7, 7, 8) buttons (diameter approximately 1.5cm)
  • optional mix of additional buttons in various sizes for decoration
  • Clover dry felting tool and felting mat (instructions for dry felting come with the Clover tool and mat)
  • 1 ball Cleckheaton Country 8 ply or other yarn suitable for dry felting