Birchcliffe Twinset machine knitting pattern
Round neck Fair Isle Vest & matching Fair Isle Cardigan

Sleeveless round neck vest and matching open fronted cardigan with pockets and rib collar.
Fair Isle patterns - with the option of plating rib trims - provide a choice of all over pattern or single motif layouts for multiple mix and match designs.

Level 2: Intermediate

RECOMMENDED YARN

Z. HINCHLIFFE & SONS 100% lambswool 2/17 nm (knitted with 2 ends)

VEST = approx. 225 G (SIZE 1) - 350 G (SIZE 7)
CARDIGAN = approx. 400 G (SIZE 1) - 650 G (SIZE 7) across 1 MC & 3 CC
• For allover Fair Isle you will need approx. 60% of total weight in MC and the other 40% divided across the CC
• For Single Motif you will need approx. 75% of total weight in MC and the other 25% divided across the CC

MACHINE & GAUGE
Knitted on a Silver Reed SK840 standard gauge machine with SRP60N ribber

MAIN TENSION = 8
RIB TENSION = 4/4

TENSION GAUGE
• knitted in Fair Isle pattern all over = 33.5 sts x 39 rows over 10 cm/4”

TECHNIQUES USED
Rib cast on/off
1x1 & 2x2 rib
Plating (optional)
Fair Isle Knitting
Single Motif Fair Isle
Partial knitting/short row shaping
F/Fashioned shaping
Sinker post & Waste Yarn cast offs
Blocking & linking/joining seams

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

CHEST
VEST
80 (85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110) cm
32 (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44)“
CARDIGAN
86 (91, 96, 101, 106, 111, 116) cm
34.5 (36.5, 38.5, 40.5, 42.5, 44.5, 46.5)”

BODY LENGTH
VEST
56 (57.5, 59, 60.5, 62, 63.5, 65) cm
22.5 (23, 23.5, 24.25, 24.75, 25.5, 26)“
CARDIGAN
58(59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67) cm
23.25 (23.75, 24.5, 25, 25.5, 26.25, 26.75)”

RECOMMENDED POSITIVE EASE (VEST) = +4 cm/1.75”
RECOMMENDED POSITIVE EASE (CARDIGAN) = +8 cm/3.25”