The Mila vest is knitted seamlessly top-down with an allover cable pattern and a v-neck. The top is started at the back of the neck. Then stitches are picked up for the shoulders and worked as the front of the top. The front and back are joined at underarm. The buttonband and sleeve edgings are worked in double knitting.

For the stitch patterns to show best, I recommend choosing unicolor or slightly tonal colorways. For a summer version I would recommend a cotton, silk, viscose or linen blend, for a warmer wintery version choose yarn with high wool content. The Mila vest is worked in fingering weight yarn held double but you can also knit it with a single strand of DK weight yarn or by holding one strand of fingering weight yarn together with a strand of silk mohair.

The length of the body is easily modified to suit your own body measurements. I recommend trying the vest on every now and then while working on it to make sure you get the perfect length for your style.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 71 (81, 90, 100, 110) (119, 129, 138, 148) cm / 28 (32, 35.5, 39.25, 43.25) (46.75, 50.75, 54.25, 58.25) inches including the intended negative ease of 0-5 cm / 0-2 inches (pick a size that is 0-5 cm / 0-2 inches smaller than your actual bust circumference)
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 30 (30, 30, 30, 32) (32, 32, 34, 34) cm / 11.75 (11.75, 11.75, 11.75, 12.5) (12.5, 12.5, 13.5, 13.5) inches
Armscye depth: 17.5 (17.5, 19, 19, 21) (21, 22.5, 23, 24) cm / 7 (7, 7.5, 7.5, 8.25) (8.25, 8.75, 9, 9.5) inches
Upper back width: 27 (27, 27, 27, 27) (35.5, 35.5, 35.5, 35.5) cm / 10.75 (10.75, 10.75, 10.75, 10.75) (14, 14, 14, 14) inches
Note: Please be aware that adjusting the lengths of the garment will also affect the amount of yarn needed to finish the project.

Yarn

520 (570, 630, 690, 760) (830, 920, 1010, 1060) m / 570 (620, 690, 750, 830) (910, 1000, 1100, 1160) yards of DK weight yarn or 1030 (1140, 1250, 1380, 1510) (1660, 1830, 2010, 2110) m / 1130 (1240, 1370, 1500, 1650) (1820, 2000, 2200, 23160) yards of fingering weight yarn held double

Sample: 5 (5, 5, 6, 7) (7, 8, 9, 9) skeins of Knitting For Olive Pure Silk (100% silk; 250 meters / 273 yards per 50 g), shown in the colorway Brown bear.

Needles
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of 60 cm / 24 inches for the neck and sleeve edges
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem
4 mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the body

Gauge
25 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of charted pattern on larger needles, after blocking.

Notions
1 stitch marker
2 locking markers
3 buttons (diameter 2.5 cm / 1 inch)
cable needle, if using
waste yarn
tapestry needle
blocking tools