Balla Vest by Tabetha Hedrick

Balla Vest

Knitting
June 2014
Aran (8 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in /10cm in St st using larger needle.
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1224 - 1683 yards (1119 - 1539 m)
English

Skill Level
Intermediate

Sizes
Woman’s small (medium, large, X-large, 2X-large, 3X-large)
Instructions are given for smallest size, with larger sizes in parentheses. When only 1 number is given, it applies to all sizes.

Finished Measurements
Chest: 38 1/2 (42 1/2, 46 1/2, 50 1/2, 54 1/2, 58 1/2) inches
Length: 24 3/4 (25 1/2, 26, 26 1/2, 27, 27 3/4) inches

Materials

  • Berroco Elements (worsted weight; 51% wool/49% nylon; 153 yds/50g per ball): 6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 8) balls iodine #4970 (MC), and 2 (3, 3, 3, 3, 3) balls mercury #4913 (CC)
  • Size 9 (5.5mm) straight needles or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Size 7 (4.5mm) 16-inch and 32-inch circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Stitch marker
  • 3 (7/8-inch) La Mode buttons #2316 from Blumenthal Lansing

Gauge
20 sts and 27 rows = 4 inches/10cm in St st using larger needle.
20 sts and 38 rows = 4 inches/10cm in garter st using smaller needle.
To save time, take time to check gauge.