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This rustic vest is worked from the bottom up in a stockinette-and-garter texture stitch with a 3-needle bind-off at the shoulders. The front band is worked along with the body, and the arm bands are worked after picking up stitches around the armhole.

There are 2 versions of this pattern in seprate pdfs so you can choose with method you prefer. Version 1 has patterned wrong side rows - for those who hate purling - and knit right side rows. Version 2 has patterned right side rows and purl wrong side rows - easier to read your knitting, Sorry, you can’t have it both ways :)

Skills required
Long-tail cast-on
‘Reading’ your knitting
Decreasing
Increasing
Picking up stitches

Sizes and approximate yardage required
(bust measurements with bands overlapping - see schematic for more measurements)
Size XXS, (XS, S, M1, M2), {M3, L, XL, XXL, XXXL}
Bust 32.1, (34.9, 37.9, 40.7, 43.6), {49.2, 52, 57.7, 60.5, 66.1}
Yardage 565, (610, 665, 715, 765), {860, 910, 1010, 1060, 1155}

Materials
Aran-weight yarn – see quantity by size in table above (sample was knit in Knit Picks Simply Wool Worsted – 100% eco wool)
US 8/5 mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge. You will also need needles for your preferred
method of working small circumferences to work the trim around the armholes
Stitch markers (including 4 locking markers)
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Blocking supplies

Chat thread for volume 2 of the Mountain Trails Collection is here.

Sample was knit in Simply Wool Aran in Winkle and is being worn with about 4 inches of positive ease.