SPIRIT VEST by Joji Locatelli for Pagewood Farm A chunky little vest using Lanas Grande. Sizes S (M, L) To fit chest 34-36 (38, 40) Shown in size Small Note on sizing: This waistcoat was designed to be worn with some negative ease. Finished Measurements Bust circumference: 34 (36, 38) inches Armhole depth: 11 (12, 13) inches Total Length: 19 (20, 21) inches 1
Materials Yarn: Pagewood Farm U-Knitted Nations Lanas Grande (100% wool 36 yds / 200g) - 3 (3, 3) skeins. Needles: 1 pair of 22mm knitting needles needles 1 size 35 crochet hook for the edging. Instructions are given to make this edging using your own finger as crochet hook too. Gauge 4 stitches to 4 inches in stockinette stitch on 22mm needles. TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE. Stitch Guide Stockinette Stitch: Odd Rows: Knit Even Rows: Purl Knitted-on Cast on: (To cast on stitches at the beggining of a row) Work first stitch of row leaving it on the left needle. Transfer the new stitch on the right needle to the left needle slipping it knit-wise. Repeat until you have cast on the required amount of stitches. Directions The waistcoat is worked in one piece, from bottom to top. Once you reach the armholes, work is divided to knit the fronts and the back separately. The stitches of the shoulders are put on hold and then grafted together to reduce the bulk in this area. Once the waistcoat is finished, a crochet edging is added for a neat look. You don t need to know crochet techniques to do this, it is a very basic and simple half-stitch border. Body: Cast on 22 (23, 26)st and start working in stockinette stitch. 1 st Row: Knit to end. 2 nd Row: Cast on 3 new stitches using knitted-on cast on, purl to end. 3 rd Row: Cast on 3, knit to last stitch, kfb. 4 th row: Purl to last stitch, pfb. 30 (31, 34 st on needles) 2
Continue working straight in stockinette stitch until you have completed 14 rows, ending with a WS row. Divide for fronts and back: Right Front 15 th Row: Knit 1, ssk, k2 (2, 3), k2tog. Turn. (Right front will be worked over these stitches) 16 th and all even rows: Purl 17 th Row: Knit 19 th Row: Knit 1, ssk, k2 (2, 3). Continue working in stockinette stitch until you have completed 23 (24, 25) rows, ending with a RS (WS, RS) row. Put these 4 (4, 5) stitches on holder. Back Re-attach yarn to the remaining stitches. 15 th Row: ssk, k12 (13, 14) k2tog. Turn. (Back will be worked over these stitches) 16 th Row and all even rows: Purl Continue working until you have completed 22 (23, 24) rows, ending with a WS row. 23 rd (24 th, 25 th ) Row: K4 and put these on holder, bind off 6 (7, 6) stitches, K4 (4, 5) and put these on another holder. Left Front The directions are the same as for the Right Front, but with reversed shaping. 15 th Row: Ssk, k2 (2, 3), k2tog, k1. Turn. (Left front will be worked over these stitches) 16 th Row and all even rows: Purl 17 th Row: Knit 19 th Row: K2 (2, 3), k2tog, k1 Continue working in stockinette stitch until you have completed 23 (24, 25) rows, ending with a RS (WS, RS) row. Put these 4 (4, 5) stitches on holder. Finishing: With wrong sides of the garment together, and right side facing you, graft the shoulder stitches together (left back shoulder with left front shoulder and right back shoulder with right front shoulder) using kitchener stitch. Sew in ends. Crochet edging (see pictures): Body Picking up one stitch for every stitch and also one stitch for every row, make a half stitch border. You can use a size 35 crochet hook or your own finger as a hook as follows: 3
Make a slip-knot to begin and thread it in your index finger (I find this is the best finger to use as hook, but you can use any other finger you find comfortable to work with). Starting at the center of the back neck edge, insert your index in the fabric as you would with the crochet hook and pull the thread that is connected to the yarn ball through the fabric. Do not pull it through your initial loop. Now you have two wraps on your finger. Using your index and thumb, pick another wrap of yarn and pull it through both loops. Only one loop is left on your finger and the first crochet half-stitch is done. Repeat this process again with the next stitches all around the back neck edge, left front edge, bottom of the back, right front edge and neck again, until you have reached the 4
point where you started. Join this last stitch to the first one using a single crochet stitch as follows: Pull the yarn through the base of the first stitch and this time pull it also through the loop you had on the finger. Break yarn and fasten off. Sew in ends. Armbands Starting at the bottom of each armhole, repeat this for each armband. Block lightly if desired. Make another one in a different color! 5