Chic style and classic tweed combine in Valley Yarns Winesap, a cozy vest with a stranded colorwork hem. Worthington blends wool, alpaca, and viscose to create a soft, heathered yarn with tweedy texture and cozy warmth. Your project begins with a ribbed hem worked in the round that frames the deep stranded colorwork motif that transitions to the main body. The vest continues in the round to the underarms, where the back and front are worked flat separately with integrated armhole trims before joining at the shoulder with short seams. A contrasting color ribbed neckband provides a clean finish to Winesap and has it ready to layer over anything from tees to buttondowns or dresses for a dash of timeless style and warmth. Stranded colorwork pattern is charted only.

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL) Sample shown in size S.
Finished Measurements: designed to fit with 2–4” positive ease
Chest – 32¾ (36¾, 40¾, 44¾, 48¾) (52¾, 56¾, 60¾, 64¾)“
Hip – 34 (38, 42, 46, 50) (54, 58, 62, 66)”
Yarn Requirements: Valley Yarns Worthington (50% Wool/ 25% Alpaca/ 25% Viscose; 50g/174yds)
Main Color – 3 (3, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 6, 7) balls, shown in #01 Oatmeal
Contrasting Color – 2 (2, 2, 2, 2) (3, 3, 3, 3) balls, shown in #06 Storm Cloud
Needles:
US 4 (3.50mm) 16” and 32–40” circulars
US 5 (3.75mm) 16” and 32–40” circulars, or size needed to obtain gauge
US 6 (4.00mm) 32–40” circular and DPNs
Gauge:
24 sts and 32 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch with medium size needles, blocked
24 sts and 32 rows = 4” in stranded colorwork with medium or largest size needles, blocked
We recommend that you swatch both stockinette and stranded colorwork. Some knitters find that they need to adjust their needle size for stranded colorwork.