Ndls: 1 24”/61cm circular US #5/3.75mm & 1 US #7/4.5 mm
1 pair straight US #7/4.5mm (or an extra circular if you prefer knitting flat on circular ndls)
Extras: 1 Long st holder (or extra circular ndl), 4 short st holders, 3 split markers to mark sides & center back on the knitting, 18 ring markers, 5 buttons, darning ndl
Yarn: 2(3,3) hanks Kerry Woolen Mills Aran 3-ply
Gauge: 4.5 sts per”/ 6.5 rows per” in blocked Tree of Life pattern on larger ndls
Approx. Finished Measurements: 40”/102mm(44”/102cm, 48”/122cm) chest, 25.5”/65cm(26.5”/67.5cm,27.5”/70cm) Long, 12.5”/32cm(13”/33cm,13.5”/34cm) armhole depth, 12.5”/33cm(13.5”/34cm,14.5”/37cm) c/o edge to armhole opening, 5.5”/14cm(6”/15cm, 6.5”/16.5cm) shoulder width, and 6”/15cm(7”/18cm, 8”/21cm) back neck width.
Offered in 3 adult sizes for male or female. Design features include: Irish moss stitch outer edges, ‘Tree of Life’ welt, v-neck, mirror-image framed rope cables in front & framed claw cable in center back, zig-zags in travelling twisted sts, directional ‘mock cable’ dividing lines, short-row shoulder shaping, p/u button band & 1-row buttonholes. For experienced knitters in cable/texture stitches and good chart readers.

This unique design features mirror-image symmetry on cable and crossed sts and a coordinating centered cable variation on the back.
Vest is worked flat in one piece, from the bottom of the welt to the start of armhole shaping, then divides at armholes & finished in 3 sections. It begins with a 4(5,6) repeat-deep ‘Tree of life’ welt which, with careful placement of increases during set-up, flows naturally into the cable & twisted rib vertical motifs above it. Although it may seem complicated at first, once the main patterns are under way it all falls logically into place.